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During Senate testimony, Holder changes misleading testimony from May hearing
The Daily Caller ^
| 11/08/2011
| Matthew Boyle
Posted on 11/08/2011 1:15:37 PM PST by martosko
Attorney General Eric Holder flip-flopped his Operation Fast and Furious testimony during a Tuesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. During a May 3 House Judiciary Committee hearing, Holder told Congressional investigators at least twice that he had only learned of the controversial Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking program a few weeks beforehand. But testifying Tuesday, Holders timeline changed.
His new testimony amounts to an admission that he misled Congress during that May 3 hearing. House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep. Jason Chaffetz both asked him during that hearing when he had first learned of Fast and Furious, and he answered the same way twice.
I did say a few weeks, Holder clarified Tuesday, responding to questions from Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. I probably couldve said a couple of months. I didnt think the term I said, few weeks, was inaccurate based on what happened.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; brianterry; castaway; cia; clinton; dea; dhs; doj; ericholder; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; hillary; hillaryclinton; holder; ice; obama; senatehearing; statedept
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:15:41 PM PST
by
martosko
To: Joe Brower; Travis McGee; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot; FreedomPoster; ...
Raw sewage, left untreated, causes disease. Our government is rotting from it. Where are the antibiotics? Where are the exterminators? Vaccines? Fumigators? Sterilizers? Wrecking balls?
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:25:39 PM PST
by
MestaMachine
(obama kills)
To: martosko
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:27:50 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: martosko
I think the biggest lie of Holder was when he was asked, if Kagen was in the meetings when Obamacare was being discussed? His answer was, no she was asked to leave or removed from any meeting that involved Obamacare. Hmmmmmmm - now why would he say that? Did they actually know in advance she was going to become a SC Justice? I don’t think so. His answer was to provide cover for her not to recuse herself when it is brought up to the USSC. Issa needs to jump on this when Holder is grilled by his House committee in December.
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:30:21 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: MestaMachine
Holder and his minders need to be tried, convicted and swung from a rope.
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:33:45 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(The only 'NO' a liberal understands is the one that arrives at muzzle velocity.)
To: MestaMachine; Joe Brower
Just the start of “(gun)walking it back.”
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:33:45 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: martosko
I thought perjury was a crime.
Is there not one representative from either side of the aisle that will demand his arrest and removal from office?
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:35:35 PM PST
by
panaxanax
(0bama >>WORST PRESIDENT EVER.)
To: martosko
IF anyone does not think that my Senator (I’m ashamed to admit) Far, Far, LEFT, Moonbat, “Leaky Leahy” and/or staff members and Holder—or one of his minions—did not coordinate this in order to (try) and let him off the hook (and did so before anyone else could get a crack at him) in order to defuse the seriousness of his (possible) Perjury, I’ve got some nice waterfront property for sale cheap in lower LA; that’s “lower Louisiana” as in the Bayou!
To: Conservative Vermont Vet
The GOOD question to ask Holder in the Committee Hearings is:
"Have you or any of your Staff communicated with Members of this Committee, prior to this moment, on the Testimony you are about to give?"
OR; "Has anyone on the White House Staff discussed details of the Testimony you are about to give, prior to this Meeting"?
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:42:29 PM PST
by
traditional1
("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
To: MestaMachine
“Are you now, or have you ever been, a Member of the Communist Party of the USA, or Democrat Socialists of America?”
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:43:48 PM PST
by
traditional1
("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
To: martosko
He’s going to walk right out of this.
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:51:12 PM PST
by
Gator113
(~Just livin' life, my way~... Newt/Cain 2012..."Save a pretzel for the gas jets.")
To: Gator113
Correct. With the exception of grassley and cornyn the hearing was effective at providing all the cover he and the dept need to avoid any real responsibility of wrong doing. Once the inspector report is completed, the by line will be about lessons we can learn from past mistakes. Just outrageous.
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:54:48 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: martosko
Paging Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick and “Scooter” Libby.
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:56:13 PM PST
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: paul51
Justice is nearly extinct.
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posted on
11/08/2011 2:01:14 PM PST
by
Gator113
(~Just livin' life, my way~... Newt/Cain 2012..."Save a pretzel for the gas jets.")
To: martosko
Again how did they know that Kagen needed to be removed from discussions of Obamacare before she became a USSC Justice?
Check out this video of Sen. Lee (R-Utah) asking a question about Obamacare. His question begins at 111:08 into the video.
"Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice" 11-08-2011
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posted on
11/08/2011 2:04:33 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: martosko
So when’s he hammered for perjury?
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posted on
11/08/2011 2:13:10 PM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
11/08/2011 2:18:26 PM PST
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: panaxanax
I thought perjury was a crime. Holder is a lawyer. Even if he is a poor one he is aware how to speak in vague generalities so as to avoid perjury.
Blame Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep. Jason Chaffetz for not pressing Holder to be more specific in his answers.
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posted on
11/08/2011 2:34:01 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Nachum
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posted on
11/08/2011 5:18:31 PM PST
by
GOPJ
( Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans.... Will Rogers)
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