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Republicans prepare contempt citation against Eric Holder over Fast and Furious
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57423017-503544/republicans-prepare-contempt-citation-against-eric-holder-over-fast-and-furious/ ^

Posted on 04/27/2012 9:09:30 AM PDT by kcvl

(CBS News) -- House Republicans investigating the Fast and Furious scandal have gotten the go-ahead by their party leaders to pursue a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder, senior congressional aides told CBS News. The resolution will accuse Holder and his Justice Department of obstructing the congressional probe into the allegations that the government let thousands of weapons fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

The citation would attempt to force Holder to turn over tens of thousands of pages documents related to the probe, which has entered its second year.

For months, congressional Republicans probing ATF's Fast and Furious "Gunwalker" scandal - led by California Republican Darrell Issa, have been investigating a contempt citation. They've worked quietly behind the scenes to build support among fellow Republicans, since it could ultimately face a full House vote. CBS News has confirmed that House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, has given Rep. Issa, who heads the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the go-ahead to proceed. A 48-page long draft contempt resolution is being prepared.

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KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; contemptcitation; dea; dhs; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; holderincontempt; ice; obama; sourcetitlenoturl
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1 posted on 04/27/2012 9:09:33 AM PDT by kcvl
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It’s a start.


2 posted on 04/27/2012 9:14:20 AM PDT by smoothsailing
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He will just ignore it... What can they do about it?

Mike

3 posted on 04/27/2012 9:15:50 AM PDT by MichaelP (The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools ~HS)
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:: The citation would attempt to force Holder...A 48-page long draft contempt resolution is being prepared. ::

I ain't holding my breath.

4 posted on 04/27/2012 9:17:42 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
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5 posted on 04/27/2012 9:19:04 AM PDT by FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs
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6 posted on 04/27/2012 9:21:40 AM PDT by FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs
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This I gotta see. PING!


7 posted on 04/27/2012 9:21:40 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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Congress holds the purse strings, Holder will find he can’t even buy a paper clip if Congress will just stick to their. ‘ehem’...guns.


8 posted on 04/27/2012 9:21:54 AM PDT by swamprebel (Where liberty dwells, there is my country.)
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To: kcvl

Praise God, it’s about time.


9 posted on 04/27/2012 9:30:24 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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yeah...you go on thinking that...


10 posted on 04/27/2012 9:32:04 AM PDT by Michael Barnes (Obamaa+ Downgrade)
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To: kcvl

They need to go for the biggest thing first. Otherwise the media and holder and Obama will turn this into a racial lynch thing and the pubs will lose their guts. Go for removal FIRST.


11 posted on 04/27/2012 9:32:42 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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Ooooooh!—That’ll scare him.


12 posted on 04/27/2012 9:39:13 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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13 posted on 04/27/2012 9:42:47 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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ATF Publishes Misleading Trace Data From Mexico
April 27, 2012 | Katie Pavlich

The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
April 02, 2009 | William La Jeunesse & Maxim Lott

Fast and Furious; 0bama's Bloodiest Scandal and its Shameless Cover-Up.
Video interview with author/journalist Katie Pavlich.

14 posted on 04/27/2012 9:46:24 AM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: smoothsailing

Yes, a good start. Hopefully this will get some more attention and traction. This scandal really should make Watergate look like jaywalking.


15 posted on 04/27/2012 9:46:55 AM PDT by drbuzzard (different league)
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Let them enforce it.....


16 posted on 04/27/2012 9:47:12 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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House Republicans investigating the Fast and Furious scandal have gotten the go-ahead by their party leaders to pursue a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder, senior congressional aides told CBS News. The resolution will accuse Holder and his Justice Department of obstructing the congressional probe into the allegations that the government let thousands of weapons fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

The citation would attempt to force Holder to turn over tens of thousands of pages documents related to the probe, which has entered its second year.

For months, congressional Republicans probing ATF's Fast and Furious "Gunwalker" scandal - led by California Republican Darrell Issa, have been investigating a contempt citation.

17 posted on 04/27/2012 9:49:17 AM PDT by LucyT
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Holder will probably refuse, which throws he and issue into the spotlight during campaign season, while Pubbies looked deliberate in not rushing to file contempt.

Good play, imho. Racist charges won't play well. 1)It's a stretch to try to attach racism to this. 2) this cover up is a BFD

18 posted on 04/27/2012 9:49:46 AM PDT by chiller (Elect another batch of TPartiers and it won't matter which R we elect. WE will lead.)
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Republicans with stones? Where did ya find 'em?

Oh wait, they're "preparing", I'll wait till I see Holder in the dock.

19 posted on 04/27/2012 9:52:32 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it and the law is what WE say it is.)
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To: MestaMachine; Cletus.D.Yokel; kcvl; LucyT
citation's formal release... could come in the next few weeks if not sooner.

the Oversight Committee's contempt resolution would eventually have a full House vote and, if passed, Congress could seek enforcement through federal courts.
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Furious Subpoena Deadline [Mar 13, 2012]

"The Justice Department's request for additional time has, unfortunately, not been followed by efforts to bridge the significant differences between its legal obligation to Congress and the reality of its stonewalling,"

"The committee is determined to know what happened in Operation Fast and Furious and how the Justice Department responded when it was publicly confronted with evidence of reckless conduct after Agent Terry's death.

If the Justice Department cannot commit to providing, at a minimum, a detailed description of documents it is withholding, and the legal basis for doing so, then the committee has no other option than to move forward with the contempt process against Attorney General Holder."
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Is that going to be Holder's next trick?

20 posted on 04/27/2012 9:52:59 AM PDT by thouworm (.)
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