Posted on 10/12/2011 7:49:05 AM PDT by milwguy
Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a subpoena Wednesday to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the gun trafficking operation known as "Fast and Furious." "Top Justice Department officials, including Attorney General Holder, know more about Operation Fast and Furious than they have publicly acknowledged," the California Republican said in a statement. "The documents this subpoena demands will provide answers to questions that Justice officials have tried to avoid since this investigation began eight months ago. It's time we know the whole truth." The subpoena seeks, among other things, all communications regarding the operation from 16 top Justice officials, including Holder, his chief of staff, Gary Grindler, and the head of the department's criminal division, Lanny Breuer, as well as correspondence on specific dates to and from the former head of the ATF's Phoenix field division, William Newell. It also asks for all documents and communications referring or relating to the murder of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata, including any correspondence outlining the details of Zapata's mission at the time he was murdered. Congressional investigators are demanding information regarding the investigation into the death of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.
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Here ya go! Ping
“Top Justice Department officials, including Attorney General Holder, know more about Operation Fast and Furious than they have publicly acknowledged,” the California Republican said in a statement.”
You can bet that Issa knows more than has been publicly acknowledged too!
GO ISSA!!
“try and claim executive privilege in some of the docs ISSA wants to see”
Which will then go to the SCOTUS who should decide (if Watergate precedent counts) that Dumb0 must turn over the docs.
See “watergate tapes” to see what happened last time a President tried to go that route.
I sent Drudge your link and he’s just put it up.
Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a subpoena Wednesday to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the gun trafficking operation known as "Fast and Furious."
"Top Justice Department officials, including Attorney General Holder, know more about Operation Fast and Furious than they have publicly acknowledged," the California Republican said in a statement. "The documents this subpoena demands will provide answers to questions that Justice officials have tried to avoid since this investigation began eight months ago. It's time we know the whole truth."
The subpoena seeks, among other things, all communications regarding the operation from 16 top Justice officials, including Holder, his chief of staff, Gary Grindler, and the head of the department's criminal division, Lanny Breuer, as well as correspondence on specific dates to and from the former head of the ATF's Phoenix field division, William Newell.
It also asks for all documents and communications referring or relating to the murder of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata, including any correspondence outlining the details of Zapata's mission at the time he was murdered.
Congressional investigators are demanding information regarding the investigation into the death of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. Two guns found at Terry's crime scene were linked to the failed operation that allowed more than 2,000 weapons to "walk."
The subpoena also asks for correspondence that Justice Department officials had with the White House about the gun trafficking operation, as well as what information was shared by Justice officials in Mexico.
This second subpoena follows the first one issued in March to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Asked about the development Tuesday, Holder said his department "will undoubtedly comply with them," noting that Justice officials have already sent "thousands of pages of documents up to the Hill."
Holder addressed the matter at the end of a press conference about an alleged Iran-tied terror plot foiled by U.S. investigators. "What I want the American people to understand is that in complying with those subpoenas and dealing with that inquiry, that will not detract us from the important business that we have here to do at the Justice Department, including matters like the one that we have announced today," Holder said.
The new subpoena follows a week of back and forth between congressional investigators and Justice Department officials of "who knew what, when." Under scrutiny was Holder's testimony from May 3 when he told Issa that he "probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks."
Fox News obtained documents addressed to Holder as early as nine months before that, which described the concept of Operation Fast and Furious.
In addition to the congressional investigation being led by Issa and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, is calling for a special counsel to look into the matter.
He’ll weasel out of it.
Well, that “Gulf of Tonkin” attempt by Holder yesterday really worked, didn’t it?
FYI
Hopefully they have planned this for maximum damage (story to peak next year), like the democrats would do if it were a republican AG.
FINALLY!!
It is beginning to hit the fan ,..someone plugged it in , and turned it on !
It will be interesting to see who gets thrown under the bus, and see how far , and wide this investigation goes.
Maybe we should allow extradtion to Mexico afterwards ...
Thanks!
| All Eric Holder did was lie to the Congress as to what he knew of Zer0's stratagem to illegally sell automatic weapons to Mexican drug smugglers in order to demonize American firearms dealers and gun owners. Holder doesn't stray far from Berry, either in his actions or in his world-view. Considering the level of stupidity on display he might want to consider an insanity defense. |
Have another muffin Eric.
DIRECT TRANSLATION
What I want the American people to believe is that Issa's subpoenas and his inquiry are not considered important business by the Justice Department, but what we have announced today to distract them is.
I don't think they are thinking much in those terms. They're building their case, slowly, deliberately, and damningly. If it stretches into the election season, that's going to be solely the fault of the Administration in stalling and obstructing.
In other words, win-win.
Bring Kevin O’Reilly back from Iraq.
Good point!
... the Shredding & Deleting party has begun ...
" Under scrutiny was Holder's testimony from May 3 when he told Issa that he "probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks."
Fox News obtained documents addressed to Holder as early as nine months before that, which described the concept of Fast and Furious.
We are just beginning to see some of the things that our Congress, country, and probably court systems will be focused on for the next few months!
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