Posted on 06/18/2012 5:17:32 PM PDT by smoothsailing
June 18,2012
Matthew Boyle
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa told Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday that he has until Tuesday morning to produce Operation Fast and Furious documents or his committee will be voting to hold him in contempt of Congress on Wednesday.
[O]nly the delivery of documents outlined and offered by the Department of Justice last Thursday to staff will be sufficient to justify a postponement of Wednesdays scheduled vote, Issa wrote to Holder on Monday afternoon. As the department has not yet produced these document and unless it does so tomorrow morning I will not be able to offer you the committees assessment of them at tomorrows meeting.
In a letter to Issa earlier in the day, Holder asked to meet at 11 a.m. Issa responded that the meeting will take place at 5 p.m. only after his committee staff can review the promised Fast and Furious documents.
In his letter, Holder argued he had taken extraordinary steps to accommodate Issas subpoena. Issa shot back, saying, There is nothing extraordinary about an offer from a federal agency to fully or partially respond to a subpoena.
Issa also said nothing short of full compliance will be sufficient for him to negotiate a delay of contempt proceedings because Holder has not specified what documents he plans to give the committee this week and has not provided a log that includes descriptions of documents, the dates they were created, who created them, and individualized explanations for why the department believes these documents should not be produced pursuant to the subpoena.
Its unclear if Holder will actually produce the documents in time to halt the contempt of Congress vote. His spokeswoman, Tracy Schmaler, wouldnt answer when The Daily Caller asked if he will.
Great new name for Holder.. Eric ‘Stonewall’ Withholder.
You read my mind. We have a Constitutional Crisis and we have a bunch of leaders who have “nothing swinging!”
There are a great many other things that Holder needs to answer for. Such as the coverup of the bombing of Oklahoma City by Clinton. http://www.coachisright.com/fast-and-furious-is-not-the-only-reason-to-put-the-corrupt-eric-holder-in-an-orange-jumpsuit/
You beat me by several hours- my post 103.
Issa & the GOP~e have screwed the pooch again . Their will be no turn over of info & Issa & the rest of the Congress will look like the dumb sh*ts they are.
We demand answers now and no more bs. Issa’s gotta turn up the heat. Who knew what and when??
“Screw the DOJ...let us hold Congress in contempt of the People.”
About time! :)
The sun will come up tomorrow. You can bet your bottom dollar...
They don't need to. Thanks to whistle-blowers, Issa already knows pretty much everything he needs to know, and which of the documents requested will provide the necessary evidence.
LOL!! That is about right.
That’s about it isn’t it.
I hear ya.
A typical case of I will ONLY believe this when I see it and not before. Talk is cheap, very cheap when being done by professional politicians from either party these days. Actions on the other hand are a rare commodity, very rare indeed. Come on Republicans, give your constituents a reason to turn out at the voting booth for you because hot air just ain't going to get the job done this time around.
Hey, that looks like a jumbo popcorn! I’m telling Nanny Bloomberg!
The most transparent administration in history!
They are not even rats anymore they are cockroaches. As soon as the light comes on, they hide in the crooks and crevices.
Blessings, Bobo
I think we come from the same school of thought on that one.
The most transparent administration in history!
They are not even rats anymore they are cockroaches. As soon as the light comes on, they hide in the crooks and crevices.
Blessings, Bobo
Interesting stuff ..... wonder why the media isn’t talking about it, hmmmm? /s
Now I see why the gun walking program was ‘no big deal’ for Holder after what happened in Oklahoma City where a lot more people died. Also, there is a question, after the report signed by Zapata was found by DHS, as to why Zapata died. Was it a chance ambush or was he set up? After the killings in the jail cells of the guys who could make life difficult for DOJ, there is now no doubt in my mind that to keep Zapata quiet on the gun walking, he was set up & taken out.
Dear Issa, it’s now Tuesday morning....
Whatchagonna do now???
Write another strongly-worded letter?
Contempt of Congress? What’s that worth? Maybe w Bic pens?
Call the cops? Yeah, riiight.
May I suggest that you and your fellow highly-esteemed Congress Critters, blow the dust off an old dictionary and look up the definition of the word: IMPEACH
Then, grow a pair. It’s time.
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