Posted on 12/13/2011 11:44:03 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Republicans in Congress appear to be increasingly committed to the idea that Attorney General Eric Holder should resign because of the part he played — or didn’t play — in Fast and Furious. Late yesterday afternoon, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona — who, you’ll recall, said Holder and other top Justice officials could conceivably be cast as “accessories to murder” — filed a resolution in the House of Representatives to call for a vote of “no confidence” in the AG. The Daily Caller reports:
The resolution, introduced Monday afternoon, is a formal way to exhibit congressional disdain for Holder as the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious proceeds. It would also be an initial step toward some House Republicans’ plan to formally remove him from office if he won’t resign.
The resolution, officially numbered H. Res. 490, states that “it is the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress has lost confidence in the Attorney General of the United States.”
In a statement, Gosar denounced Holder’s continued refusal to comply with lawfully issued subpoenas and other official congressional requests for information.
Fifty-five House members, two senators, four presidential candidates, two sitting governors and leading members of the Second-Amendment-rights-advocacy community have called for Holder’s resignation. But notably, several Republican representatives who have not called for Holder’s resignation nevertheless still signed Gosar’s resolution — including North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers, Arizona Rep. David Schweikert, Illinois Rep. Bobby Schilling and Ohio Rep. Bill Johnson.
TheDC’s Matthew Boyle notes that the support for Holder’s resignation today far outweighs the support for the resignation of George W. Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez in 2007. Gonzalez eventually resigned. Yet, today, the president and Holder continue to dismiss the movement for the AG’s resignation as manufactured and unimportant.
That might be why some Republicans in Congress have expressed that they would be prepared to begin the impeachment process. Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner suggested as much during a Dec. 8 House Judiciary Committee hearing, for example, and, in a recent TV appearance, South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy said, one way or another, voluntarily or through impeachment proceedings, Holder must resign.
Meanwhile, some MSM outlets continue to ignore Fast and Furious, even though the operation ultimately resulted in the deaths of more than 200 Mexicans and at least 11 violent crimes in the United States. What’s more, because so many of the guns sold to straw purchasers through the program have yet to be recovered, the death toll associated with the scandal is likely to still climb, as Holder himself admitted in congressional testimony last week.
There should be a warrant...
Holder should be in a holding cell while awaiting trial.
Folks, Call U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202)224-3121, ask for your congressman or woman and tell them to support this resolution. Takes 30 seconds, and they WILL hear about it.
By the last session, after listening to hours of Holder’s evasions and dissembling, Republicans Darrel Issa (CA-49), Trey Gowdy (SC-4), and Sandy Adams(FL-24) were clearly livid. I don’t know anything about Gowdy, but I think he wanted to drag Holder out and kick the cr@p out of him.
Holder was so bad, the worst rats in Congress, (Sheila Jackson Lee and Maxine Waters) couldn’t come up with any sort of defense.
This is no substitute for impeachment.
The death of a border agent & who knows how many other people as the result of F&F (and you can't convince me that Holder didn't know about it) is not a "manufactured" reason for Holder to resign. Obama, Holder, et al are shameless and worse ......the arrogance is breathtaking.
Rep. Sandy Adams hits a nerve when she asks about Holder's private e-mails. Holder flatly refuses to turn them over.
How about some “no alibi” type paperwork?
Holder should be in prison for 20 or so.
Then be released to Agencia Federal de Investigación for his trial in Mexico....
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Down the road, Obama can give Holder a complete pardon. But - the Mexican Government doesn’t have to pardon him and if he is indicted by their justice system, they can still demand his extradition. It will be interesting now to see how this pans out.
It’s tough for ANYONE to defend someone who sits before a Congressional committee and tells them something to the effect that truth is a state of mind.
Done!
LLS
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Here is the letter I sent...
December 8, 2011
Dear Representative Gardner:
Dear Senator Udall:
Dear Senator Bennet:Let's call Fast and Furious, Castaway, "Grenade Walker" and "Cash Walker" what they are. State-sponsored terrorism.
On this side of the border they are violations of the RICO Act. In Mexico and Honduras it is state-sponsored terrorism.
What else would you call heavily arming international criminal syndicates within foreign countries wherein those countries are in a death struggle with those syndicates?
Especially when it goes beyond thousands of assault rifles to include grenades, RPGs, shoulder fired rockets, anti-aircraft guns, night vision equipment, body armor and special deals to bring their drugs onto our soil with legal impunity?
Not to mention the just-revealed news that the rip crew that killed BP Agent Brian Terry was there with DEA and FBI assistance and approval to attack and kill a rival cartel's smuggling crew.
Let's not leave out the FBI and DEA laundering millions of dollars for the drug cartels by setting up bank accounts for them that they otherwise couldn't do.
It is organized, it is spread throughout every Federal LEA and it violates numerous domestic laws and numerous statutes and treaties that deal with foreign nations. Yet none of it has been officially sanctioned by Congress. (that I know of) It is the Federal government acting like mafioso.
Pres. Obama, AG Eric Holder and Sec. State Hillary Clinton are all deeply involved in this and it is unquestionably state-sponsored terrorism by the definition used to define states like Iran and North Korea.
PS: if you think I am wrong or exaggerating any of this I will be glad to bring you up to speed with very well sourced articles, legal depositions (publically available) and other public information that verifies every word I have said.
Either you are with these criminals or you are with U.S. I implore you to get informed, get involved and act or get run over by this. This lawless scandal is not going away.
Sincerely,
Mr. (TigersEye)
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I strongly encourage all FReepers to sign that petition and to send their own thoughts about this to their Congress critters. Let them know that you are aware of this issue and that you are not going to forget about it. Let them know you will be watching to see what they do about it.
The best (worst) was at the end. Holder once again tried to run out Issa’s clock with a long winded non-explanation as to why email release was against Justice Dept policy.
He closed with, “Have you no shame?” As if he hadn’t already p!ssed off the committee.
Holder is walking dead political meat. Gone. The only question is if we can get Hussein, who certainly approved of F&F.
F & F courtesy PING
Think holder cares?
Why not just get a rope?
Why not just get a rope?
That would be racist...
How is what He did any different than what the leadership in Iran did sending bombs to AQ in Iraq so that they could be used to kill people?
This resolution + $1 = cup of coffee.
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