Posted on 10/09/2011 7:19:31 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Washington (CNN) -- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said Sunday that he could issue subpoenas to the Justice Department this week in connection to a now-discredited federal gunrunning operation.
Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Issa said that he wants a better understanding of who knew what, when about Operation Fast and Furious.
"But more importantly, we have to understand at what level did the authorization really come?" he said.
"People at the top of (the) Justice (Department) were well briefed, knew about it and seemed to be the command and control and funding for this program."
The operation involved agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowing illegal sales of guns believed to be destined for Mexican drug cartels to "walk" from Phoenix, Arizona, gun stores into Mexico.
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I am not up on the law in this area so I wonder what is the response if Holder just snubs them. Since he and Obama are the ones in charge of justice who would prosecute them? If absolutely forced to appoint an independent counselor he could simply continue what he has been doing.
Appoint a corrupt crony to the job.
Could the House go to a federal judge and ask him to appoint one? Could they go to a judge and ask to hold Holder in contempt?
Not responding to a subpoena would be Contempt of Congress:
Contempt of Congress is defined in statute, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, enacted in 1938, which states that any person who is summoned before Congress who “willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry” shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a maximum $1,000 fine and 12 month imprisonment.
Sense this was approved by the executive branch and funded. Was Homeland Security informed as well as State Department. Box the lair in.
I’d like to see Issa get some results!
Thaks Free ThinkerNY.
Less talk, more action.
At the slightest hint of Obama’s involvement, Holder will “resign” and take the bullet, swearing that he never, ever told his boss a thing!
So what?!?!
Does he think that liars won't lie or obfuscate "under oath"?
This whole mess was an attempt to subvert the Second Amend. and any dog and pony show that he or Grassley promote will NEVER go near that subject. Don't waste the time and our money.
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