Posted on 09/21/2012 9:29:24 AM PDT by markomalley
House Republicans are pressing forward with their contempt of Congress civil case over Operation Fast and Furious despite the release of a book-length investigative report that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle praised as comprehensive.
"We have no choice," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said on Fox News when asked about pursuing the court case.
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee explained that the contempt of Congress vote against Attorney General Eric Holder earlier this year essentially "ordered" lawmakers to go to court to attempt to pry loose from the Obama administration documents they have withheld.
An Issa spokesman also cited an IG finding that the department responses to Congress were "troubling." "This finding only enhances the importance of compelling the production of wrongly withheld documents," the aide said.
Beyond that, Republicans argue that the nearly 500-page inspector general's report doesn't erase the need to take a stand against what they see as an inappropriate claim of executive privilege by the administration.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who said he "absolutely" backs pursuing the court case, claimed Congress needs to see the documents to "get to the bottom of this."
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Wish we had more Reps with steel ones, like Issa.
Ping. Issa forging on...
House Republicans are pressing forward with their contempt of Congress civil case over Operation Fast and Furious despite the release of a book-length investigative report that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle praised as comprehensive.
“We have no choice,” Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said on Fox News when asked about pursuing the court case.
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee explained that the contempt of Congress vote against Attorney General Eric Holder earlier this year essentially “ordered” lawmakers to go to court to attempt to pry loose from the Obama administration documents they have withheld.
In the meantime, obama blatantly repeatedly lied to the Univision audience about it over and over again.
While here in fantasy land, our media thinks the Univision interviewers were too hard on their poor baby prez.
I have nothing left but disgust and hatred for all of them. My lord, what they have done to us and all the while the msm just fawns and lies and then goes after obama's critics.
You fools. I hope your kids figure out what you've done to them, their country and their future and hate you until God calls you to Him. Then, you won't be able to lie any more. All your sins remembered...good luck with that!
The court case is about the Contempt charge against Eric Holder. Nothing in the IG report relieves Holder of that charge.
Of course the case must go forward.
Actually once I read enough about the IG report, it sounded a lot like a whitewash.
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