Posted on 10/04/2011 9:49:20 AM PDT by sunmars
EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are going to call for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Holder perjured himself during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News has learned.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, is sending a letter to President Obama arguing that Holder cannot investigate himself and will request a probe by a special counsel.
The question is whether Holder committed perjury during a Judiciary Committee hearing in May. At the time, Holder indicated he was not familiar with with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives program known as Fast and Furious.
However, a newly discovered memo dated July 2010 shows Michael Walther, director of the National Drug Intelligence Center, told Holder that straw buyers in the Fast and Furious operation "are responsible for the purchase of 1,500 firearms that were then supplied to the Mexican drug trafficking cartels."
In response to the Monday release of that and other documents, the Justice Department said Holder was confused by the question, and that he was answering about when he first learned of the "troubling tactics" of the program, not the name of it.
But House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., told Fox News on Tuesday morning that Holder saying he didn't understand the question rather than he didn't know of the program is not a successful defense to perjury.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/04/house-republicans-to-request-special-counsel-to-probe-holder-on-fast-and/#ixzz1ZpfAxeQ7
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sit back and watch the heads explode, popcorn anyone?
Here we go...
Finally!
Beat ya to it... :)
That's a pretty limited mandate.
Who's investigating the whole enchilada?
can’t believe they are trying the spin of “confused”, seriously, the AG is confued or “doesnt read all his briefs”, that alone is grounds for sacking in my books.
Yes! Contact Mr. Issa and thank him for the work he’s done so far, and offer encouragement to stay the course.
(*Cue ‘Imperial March’ background music here*)
Are they going to say this was a rogue matter, outside of their oversight?
ahh but it gets the ball rolling doesnt it, then they can call for other stuff, its basically putting Obama and holder on the block, if Obama refuses a SP.
Holder should ask Scooter Libby how that “confused” defense worked out.
Holder should ask Scooter Libby how that “confused” defense worked out.
Holder should ask Scooter Libby how that “confused” defense worked out.
I am TRYING to make lasagna...and getting nowhere fast.
Borrow some spine, if you have to, GOP.
Of course, you won't hear a WORD of this in the press, but guess what?
It doesn't matter. Holder's still going to be removed.
It should happen but I’ll believe it when I see it.
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