Posted on 07/25/2012 3:23:41 PM PDT by markomalley
Sources have confirmed to The Daily Caller that Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday berated an intern from House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthys office for taking notes during a lecture he gave on Capitol Hill.
According to one intern who was present, Holder had just started speaking when he noticed a male intern who was standing on the side of the packed room beginning to take notes with a pen and paper.
Holder is talking and then he sees some kid taking notes, the intern, who asked to remain anonymous to protect his boss, said in a phone interview. He [Holder] asks, Oh, why are you taking notes? Are you from the Washington Post?
He [the intern Holder scolded] is like, no, the intern who spoke with TheDC recalls.
Then, he [Holder] is like, what office do you work in? he continued. And, the kid is like, oh Kevin McCarthy.
He said, next, Holder responded, Oh, youre one of those guys, kind of like jokingly but meaning he was a Republican.
Holders remarks apparently had an effect on the room, the intern who spoke with TheDC said. Yeah, I was scared to take notes then, he told TheDC. No one else whipped out pens and paper to take notes.
He said he thought Holder may have been trying to be funny, but it was pretty clear to him that Holder scared everyone there.
I looked around and there was not one other person [taking notes] after that, the intern said. I was upset because I forgot my pen and paper, but after that I was like thank God.
In the end, the scolded McCarthy intern may have had the last laugh.
After Holder gave his speech, he took questions. The first items up, according to TheDCs source, were voter ID and prison issues.
Then, the last question, he went to the kid he yelled at from McCarthys office and that kid asked about Fast and Furious, he said.
Holder is in civil and criminal contempt of Congress for failing to comply with the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious. Eight senators, 130 congressmen, two governors and Mitt Romney have all demanded Holders resignation over the gunrunning program.
Another source with direct knowledge of the situation that occurred in the room confirmed the details of the interns account for The Daily Caller. Did the Attorney General of the United States of America scold an intern for taking notes at a lecture? Yes.
Holders lecture was the latest installment in a program for Capitol Hill interns featuring different daily speakers throughout the summer months.
The intern lecture was packed, sources told TheDC and was standing room only, with a couple hundred people in attendance. The talk began at 11 a.m. and was held in room 325 of the Senate Russell Office Building.
It was not open to the general public or the press only congressional interns were allowed. They checked our IDs to make sure we were all interns, the intern who spoke with TheDC said.
Holder spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler didnt respond to TheDCs request for comment and McCarthys office wouldnt comment on the record.
Holder and his DOJ thugs.
Do none of them have recorders on their cells? Duh.
And it was like, "Yeah"
And I mean, I was like, y'know, ascared and like that ... y'know ?
Scared of what?
Why would anyone feel intimated by this criminal?
Take all the notes you want, kid. It’s still a free country, even if the USAG wants to take your First Amendment rights away. Writing notes at a speech by a government official is a freedom of speech issue for the one writing the notes. Take Holder to court.
Remember English 101 “Diagramming Sentences”?
I couldn’t even begin to chart-out those 3 incoherent, idiot phrases...
Once again requiring ID's for the privilege to be in his presence.
But to vote....that would be racist.
Yes, General Holder. I am taking notes.
I expect to be taking notes at your impeachment trial as well.
Looking for the photos with names for reference.
A lying murderous criminal not wanting his comments recorded.
Don’t they generally take all cell phones away from anyone that enters these talks with the administration? I thought that has been their protocol?
The intern needs to grow a set.
What an absolute ass.
He’s gittin’ paranoid.
Record the whole thing on a phone and post it on Youtube. Notes are SO 90’s.
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