Former Attorney General Eric Holder Eric Himpton HolderThe Hill's Campaign Report: Biden on Trump: 'He'll leave' l GOP laywers brush off Trump's election remarks l Obama's endorsements Obama endorses Warnock in crowded Georgia Senate race The Hill's Campaign Report: Trump's rally risk | Biden ramps up legal team | Biden hits Trump over climate policy MORE said President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE is subject to prosecution after he leaves office.

Asked during a CNN interview with former Obama adviser David Axelrod David AxelrodThe Memo: Warning signs flash for Trump on debates GOP hunts for leverage in revived COVID-19 talks Pelosi says there shouldn't be any debates between Biden and Trump MORE whether the president could be prosecuted, Holder said, "I don’t think there’s any question about that."

"We already have an indictment in the Southern District of New York," the Obama administration official said, referencing former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen Michael Dean CohenAppeals court appears skeptical of Trump's latest argument against tax returns subpoena Judge orders Eric Trump to comply with New York AG's subpoena before Election Day A huge deal for campaign disclosure: Trump's tax records for Biden's medical records MORE's guilty plea to campaign finance violations.

"Individual-1 is the president, and it would seem to me that the next attorney general, the next president, is going to have to make a determination," he said.

CNN’s @davidaxelrod: “If there is no impeachment, do you believe that [Trump] is subject to prosecution after he leaves office?"



Former Attorney General Eric Holder: “I don’t think there’s any question about that.”



Watch more on “The Axe Files” tonight at 7 p.m. ET on CNN. pic.twitter.com/mzeHwYmanj — CNN (@CNN) September 14, 2019

Cohen is in prison for campaign finance violations stemming from hush money payments. He testified before Congress in February that Trump directed him to make the payments.

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Justice Department guidance says a sitting president can't be indicted.