He is either really that stupid or thinks that we are to buy that bullshit statement.
He knows damn well that the New York Times, Washington Post and CBSABCNBCCNN will not only buy the bullshit, but swallow it whole. He does not give a damn what we think.
Only a large plurality has to be able to buy the statement that he did not understand the question - that is enough to provide protective cover for what is a “complete dramatization, of course”.
Eric Holder may not be smart, but he is one shrewd sharecropper. Only a few miles away from the plantation house, but still on the grounds.