Posted on 06/27/2012 10:00:41 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
Under questioning by Senator Charles Grassley, Attorney General Eric Holder testified that a handful of emails written to Department of Justice officials by then ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson are being withheld illegally from congressional committees as a result of Barack Obamas claim of executive privilege.
Kept now under lock and key thanks to the June 20th order, the emails have been described by Melson as smoking guns in that-contrary to Holders testimony to congress-they show senior DOJ officials knew about and approved the gun walking tactics in Fast and Furious. (1)
Fifteen months ago, Melson began his own investigation of Fast and Furious by reading through the wiretap affidavits sent by the ATF to Main Justice in Washington. He found that the information included in the necessarily detailed documents bore little resemblance to the facts which had earlier been relayed to Congress by...
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Carney is at the presser, new. His tone seems ‘morbid’. LOL!
I really doubt that Holder stated the emails were being withheld illegally.
Obama will simply throw Holder under the bus....but for now it's a great distraction for "The Death of Obamacare".
In case you missed it...
If he was not he is incompetent, if was he is an incompetent criminal.
Bear...meet...Woods.
It’s only going to be getting worse for obama and withholder as the leaks continue to flow out. Obama having the judge seal the wiretap is just like nixon not releasing the tapes. Adios obama and withholder.
Of course, Mr. Bear. Down that hall on the left, look for the door marked “Woods.”
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