Posted on 06/18/2012 5:17:32 PM PDT by smoothsailing
June 18,2012
Matthew Boyle
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa told Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday that he has until Tuesday morning to produce Operation Fast and Furious documents or his committee will be voting to hold him in contempt of Congress on Wednesday.
“[O]nly the delivery of documents outlined and offered by the Department of Justice last Thursday to staff will be sufficient to justify a postponement of Wednesday’s scheduled vote,” Issa wrote to Holder on Monday afternoon. “As the department has not yet produced these document – and unless it does so tomorrow morning – I will not be able to offer you the committee’s assessment of them at tomorrow’s meeting.”
In a letter to Issa earlier in the day, Holder asked to meet at 11 a.m. Issa responded that the meeting will take place at 5 p.m. — only after his committee staff can review the promised Fast and Furious documents.
In his letter, Holder argued he had taken “extraordinary” steps to accommodate Issa’s subpoena. Issa shot back, saying, “There is nothing extraordinary about an offer from a federal agency to fully or partially respond to a subpoena.”
Issa also said nothing “short of full compliance” will be “sufficient” for him to “negotiate” a “delay of contempt proceedings” because Holder has not specified what documents he plans to give the committee this week and has not provided a “log that includes descriptions of documents, the dates they were created, who created them, and individualized explanations for why the department believes these documents should not be produced pursuant to the subpoena.”
It’s unclear if Holder will actually produce the documents in time to halt the contempt of Congress vote. His spokeswoman, Tracy Schmaler, wouldn’t answer when The Daily Caller asked if he will.
Looks like Holder has called Issa’s bluff. Figured he would.
Nossir.
You got that right!
Blessings, Bobo
He doesn’t have any choice BUT to call the bluff. Not doing so would me he would be spilling the beans on the most damning episode in the history of the US.
A sitting president, his AG and ATF illegally let guns go into the hands of criminals so they could later be used as evidence of the need for more gun control. Instead, they were caught - and at least one border agent is dead from the op...not to mention hundreds of Mexicans. The cover up also has at least one more agent and some ATF folks dead. Holder could end up room temp too.
This is hugh and series. No way is he giving up the goods that will go down in history as the most criminal and corrupt regime in US history.
No - the info will have to come out from other places like whistle blowers and a good poker game from Issa. If the press ever joins in, it will move faster.
Basically Issa said Holder hasn’t turned over any docs yet and the 5PM meeting is meaningless without them and so there’s no reason to postpone the contempt vote tomorrow.
FNC is supposed to have an update at 2PM.
From what I understand, Boehner is now siding with Holder against Issa. The demand for 90,000 documents has been cut down to 1300, and Holder won’t even give those up. And Boehner doesn’t want a contempt vote against Holder, either. What a charade.
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.
Thanks for the update.
because that would be racist...
deadline’s today...I said that yesterday
A.M. deadline. That has passed and the republicans continue to extend gratuities to the administration. AM means AM. Holder has stared them down. The republicans need to explain why. The way I see it Holder stonewalls and Issa allows him to stonewall. This vote of contempt should have been done a year ago.
Thanks for that update, it’s good news!
So what’s a charge of contempt do?
Wrist slap?
“So what’s a charge of contempt do?
Wrist slap?”
This excerpt from the WSJ, is the best anwer I’ve seen to your question......
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[ ... Should the House hold him in contempt, Mr. Holder would be left with three choices: standing by as a U.S. attorney begins prosecuting him; directing the U.S. attorney not to prosecute him; or invoking executive privilege to justify not releasing the documents Congress seeks.
There are huge downsides to all three. Let’s take them one by one.
A sitting attorney general under federal prosecution would be fatally weakened, with his continuing presence in the job a fat target for the president’s political opponents. On the other hand, ordering a U.S. attorney not to prosecute him suggests a massive conflict-of-interest, not to mention conveying that he has something to hide. Ditto for “executive privilege.” Not only does executive privilege have a tainted history, it couldn’t be invoked without admitting that the White House is also implicated in Fast and Furious. ...]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303836404577474922406534442.html
Just curious, why do you keep blessing someone named Bobo at the end of all your posts?
Did I do that?
I must love my dog!
Blessings, Bobo
Thank you for your time and trouble.
I didn’t know how to find the answer to my question.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just tell him to his face, instead of typing it every time?
Banned probably, along with the BIG GULPS.
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