Posted on 04/09/2014 3:49:57 PM PDT by neverdem
Attorney General Eric Holder blamed “the gun lobby” for being behind his 2012 contempt vote in Congress, in one of many heated exchanges with House Republicans Tuesday.
The Republican-led House voted in 2012 to hold Mr. Holder in contempt of Congress — the first time ever for a sitting Cabinet member — for failing to provide key information about the “Operation Fast and Furious” gun-walking scandal.
In an oversight hearing Tuesday of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Mr. Holder said his contempt vote was “all about the gun lobby,” during a heated exchange with Rep. Louie Gohmert, Texas Republican.
Congress is still waiting for information from the Justice Department about the scandal, and Mr. Gohmert questioned whether the contempt vote meant anything to Mr. Holder.
“You don’t want to go there, buddy” a visibly upset Mr. Holder said, waving his finger at Mr. Gohmert. “You should not assume that is not a big deal to me.”
Mr. Gohmert replied that Congress is trying to get to the bottom of the scandal and that he didn’t need any lectures from Mr. Holder on what contempt meant to him. “And I don’t need lectures from you, either,” the attorney general replied...
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“You don’t want to go there, buddy” a visibly upset Mr. Holder said, waving his finger at Mr. Gohmert. “You should not assume that is not a big deal to me.”
It’s NOT a big deal because there were exactly ZERO repercussions from being held in contempt of Congress. They might as well have put a black mark beside his name.
From his gun-running People died;
And Holder to Congress again lied.
Behavior like this shows Holder’s the weak link. He’s never been called out on anything before, going all the way back to his Black Power shenanigans in college. Push hard enough and he may crack in a way that cannot be ignored.
Typical Black, he did nothing wrong, it was someone else’s fault. What a POS
He needs to be pushed over the edge.
Holder owns this and probably Obama too.
The Bushes???
Holder should have already been impeached and imprisoned. He is a domestic enemy of the Constitution.
You say you have the documents. TURN THEM OVER!
So... the question everyone’s asking is, “Is Holder a fool or a liar?”
It must be one or the other.
Good idea. Let's try out his hubris.
Punk threats from a punk AG. The whole Obama administration behaves like a street gang.
Erratic WithHolder, you are descending into psychoville.
The Devil made him do it. :-)
Which "gun lobby" is Holder talking about? The NRA, or his and 0bama's Fast & Furious Brady connection?
5.56mm
FKU Holder!
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