Posted on 06/11/2012 6:36:46 AM PDT by Raebie
(CBS News) CBS News has learned the House Oversight Committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. It's the fourth time in 30 years that Congress has launched a contempt action against an executive branch member.
This time, the dispute stems from Holder failing to turn over documents subpoenaed on October 12, 2011 in the Fast and Furious "gunwalking" investigation.
The Justice Department has maintained it has cooperated fully with the congressional investigation, turning over tens of thousands of documents and having Holder testify to Congress on the topic at least eight times.
However, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., says the Justice Department has refused to turn over tens of thousands of pages of documents. Those include materials created after Feb. 4, 2011, when the Justice Department wrote a letter to Congress saying no gunwalking had occurred. The Justice Department later retracted the denial.
"The Obama Administration has not asserted Executive Privilege or any other valid privilege over these materials and it is unacceptable that the Department of Justice refuses to produce them. These documents pertain to Operation Fast and Furious, the claims of whistleblowers, and why it took the Department nearly a year to retract false denials of reckless tactics," Issa wrote in an announcement of the vote to be released shortly. It will reveal the vote is scheduled for Wednesday, June 20.
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“Holder briefly served as Acting Attorney General under the George W. Bush Administration that is a fact.”
GW refused to clean house. He may have left Holder in for two weeks, but he left other Clintonistas in longer.
One of his biggest mistakes, cost a lot of American lives.
I hope they get to it now instead of just talking about it. This is a year and a half old now. This is B.S.
Change the story from the economy to a racist attack!
pay attention and watch how i do it!
Change the story from the economy to a racist attack!
pay attention and watch how i do it!
Chill everybody. I predict it will NEVER make it to a vote by the House on June 20. I predict he will cave and turn over the documents. Remember, you heard it from me first.
You're right...they don't have the balls. The rule of law is DEAD. As the title of Glenn Beck's new book states; they are 'COWARDS'.
FROM A NEWS REPORT:
If the contempt resolution wins a majority vote in the committee, it then may move to the full House for consideration. In a statement Monday, House Speaker John Boehner warned that Either the Justice Department turns over the information requested, or Congress will have no choice but to move forward with holding the Attorney General in contempt for obstructing an ongoing investigation.
Doing this too soon would reduce its negative impact on the election. Now there won’t be enough time for it to be reduced to Background Noise. But it can be an issue for the GOP to campaign on when released and will keep Fast and Furious out there as a major topic.
This shows signs of the GOP getting smart, scary.
I already have contempt for him. Even more so his boss.
LOL. :)
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