More Fast and Furious hearings could come as early as next month
More Congressional hearings in the Fast and Furious case could come as early as next month, meanwhile hearings could be starting up right here in Arizona.
Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and committee member, Rep. Paul Gosar, were in Phoenix over the weekend, talking to the ABC15 Investigators about the future of the controversial case, which involves the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
More hearings will come, they said. The next people called to testify will likely do so in front of both the House Judiciary Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform committee, jointly.
“We want (the House Judiciary Committee) who has direct oversight over the Attorney General and of (the Department of Justice) to take a more active role, and we believe they will,” Issa said. Eventually, Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer will be called to testify, he said.
“This is the kind of thing that threatens the fabric of how America trusts law enforcement,” he said. “So, [the investigation] goes on until we get a real understanding that this can never happen again.”
I agree we must keep this going but IMO we also must insist that those that are responsible are held accountable. The following statement gives me zero confidence in ISSA.
““So, [the investigation] goes on until we get a real understanding that this can never happen again.”
The ONLY way to make sure this can’t happen again is if those responsible are brought to justice and charged with the crimes they have committed. Guilty parties to this debacle must be sent to prison. Any resolution short of that is actually making corruption like this in the BATFE worse. It would send a message that even if you get caught nothing will happen and you are likely to get promoted to a higher paying do nothing job in return for keeping your mouth shut.