Posted on 06/19/2012 1:14:35 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Eric Holder blew off the Tuesday morning deadline to turn over documents. Cite him for contempt and demand his resignation.
Jointly agreed to timeline-—
7/31—DOJ to release “known” documents
9/31—Joint Meeting to discuss internal findings-No public disclosure agreed to by both parties
11/31—Oopps Nevermind-Issa moves on to something else of paramount concern
DOJ has requested that Rep. Elijah Cummings and Sen. Patrick Leahy also be permitted to attend.*********
What on earth can Cummings and Leahy provide other than running interference for Holder?
There are only two outcomes to this meeting:
1) The Contempt of Congress vote will proceed tomorrow.
or
2) Issa will have some HEAVY explaining to do.
In any case, we will know a LOT more about F&F by this time tomorrow.
That's about it. Cummings will blubber about Republican racists and Leahy will blubber about what heroic public servants Cummings and Holder are.
LOL!
That was before "The Won" (heading the most transparent administration in history) and his lapdog Holder arrived on the scene.
Eric Holder is not going to turn over a damn thing or he would have done so by now. He can’t afford to turn over the documents because he knew about Fast & Furious, period.
Cummings and Leahy should be allowed to attended provided they are bound and gagged and tied to chairs. Large heavy chairs.
In the Nixon era, this was called stonewalling.
Holder is about one disclosure away from impeachment.
Good question. I suspect that they are there to play hardball, not just to interfere.
Cummings is an idiot, but he is the one who usually brings up race issues.
Leahy is the head of the SENATE Judiciary committee and has no business on a HOUSE matter, other than to possibly threaten Issa with some made-up counter-move by the Senate Judiciary.
Holder has probably called for a private meeting so that he can threaten an investigation on an Issa family member.
I think the meeting was a mistake for Issa to attend. He should have replied that there will be NO meetings anymore. just documents or a contempt citation.
Doesn’t look like Issa’s backing down on this at all.
I’d better see contempt citations filed by 8:00 MDT Wednesday, or I’ll be PO’d!
If Issa waffles, there will be no resolution.
Even if a contempt citation is passed out of committee, will Boehner and Cantor allow it to be voted on by the entire House?
You just have to consider WHOSE prosecutions would be affected by the disclosure of these documents.
“”we will know a LOT more about F&F by this time tomorrow.””
surely, you don’t really believe that.
Whitewash, stall, delay, stonewall, obstruct, appease, blame, defer, deflect, cover-up, smear, etc.. It’s time for Issa to stop being played. We demand it!
Is it possible that the two gentlemen asked to be present are there as witness so the “guilty party” does NOT come back on Holder?...Sort of like making certain you have a water-hose and shovel handy before you throw gasoline on a fire.
From an earlier thread:
FNC (Megyn Kelly) is now reporting the House has the votes for contempt and that Speaker Boehner is willing to proceed since Holder hasn’t complied with Issa’s request.
167 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:25:20 AM by smoothsailing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2896737/posts?page=167#167
Nixon’s biggest shortcoming was that he wasn’t black.
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