House GOP to distribute draft contempt citation against Eric Holder over "gunwalking"

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Source: CBS

(CBS News) Republicans on the House Oversight Committee were to take the first formal step Thursday toward contempt proceedings against Attorney General Eric Holder over the Fast and Furious "gunwalking" operation, CBS News has learned.

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The documents allege that the Justice Department has issued, "false denials, given answers intended to misdirect investigators, sought to intimidate witnesses, unlawfully withheld subpoenaed documents, and waited to be confronted with indisputable evidence before acknowledging uncomfortable facts."

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For its part, the Justice Department says it has complied with the congressional investigations, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).

"We've done twice-a-month (document) productions since last year, and the Attorney General has testified about this matter no less than seven times," a Justice official tells CBS News.

There have been at least three House contempt actions against the Executive Branch in the past 30 years.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57426710-503544/house-gop-to-distribute-draft-contempt-citation-against-eric-holder-over-gunwalking/

some background links

Documents Suggest Bush Administration Used 'Fast And Furious' Tactics
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/01/05/144761413/documents-suggest-bush-administration-used-fast-and-furious-tactics

Documents Highlight Bush-Era Incident Pre-Dating ‘Fast and Furious’
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/new-documents-reveal-previous-problems-with-atf-phoenix-cases/

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House GOP to distribute draft contempt citation against Eric Holder over "gunwalking" (Original post)	maddezmom	May 2012	OP
This a can of worms they don't want to open IMO	tularetom	May 2012	#1
This is simple political pay back	hack89	May 2012	#8
Let the worms crawl where they will	appal_jack	May 2012	#22
Here we go again	goclark	May 2012	#2
Yes, more of the same. We have all seen the list of accomplishments that Obama has gained over	jwirr	May 2012	#6
As I recall	goclark	May 2012	#13
Actually I was thinking of our present day gop congress.	jwirr	May 2012	#15
I thought the GOP	cin63	May 2012	#3
I think you have your ...	bayareaboy	May 2012	#4
Kind of wrong - there were two separate programs.	hack89	May 2012	#7
My take - they can't find any dirt on President Obama....	groundloop	May 2012	#5
I just don't know who to side with here. nt	bemildred	May 2012	#9
This shit started	Iliyah	May 2012	#10
Still with this crap?	Jester Messiah	May 2012	#11
When is this creep	lsewpershad	May 2012	#12
The GOP loves anything that diverts attention away from the real problem. Guns themselves. nt	onehandle	May 2012	#14
If guns are the problem, what's your legislative solution?	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#16
And there I was thinking it was criminals and drug cartels.	hack89	May 2012	#17
Bullshit..."The Real Problem" is the War on Drugs..	MicaelS	May 2012	#18
"Prohibition 3: Firearms- THIS time, it's sure to work!"	friendly_iconoclast	May 2012	#19
Heh. Gungeoneers get touchy and come out of their hidey-hole.	onehandle	May 2012	#20
I notice you're dodging our responses, too n/t	MicaelS	May 2012	#21

Response to maddezmom (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 11:52 AM

tularetom (17,378 posts)

1. This a can of worms they don't want to open IMO

Eric Holder hasn't really handled this well and he probably deserves to have his weenie wacked over it.

But this screwed up mess did not originate with the Obama Justice Dept., it was initiated in 2005 or 2006 by ATF during the Bush administration and although it was well known by the justice dept that gunwalking was going on, they made no arrests or indictments during the years from 2006-2009.

House GOP to distribute draft contempt citation against Eric Holder over "gunwalking"

1. This a can of worms they don't want to open IMO

8. This is simple political pay back

22. Let the worms crawl where they will

2. Here we go again

6. Yes, more of the same. We have all seen the list of accomplishments that Obama has gained over

13. As I recall

15. Actually I was thinking of our present day gop congress.

3. I thought the GOP

4. I think you have your ...

7. Kind of wrong - there were two separate programs.

5. My take - they can't find any dirt on President Obama....

9. I just don't know who to side with here. nt

10. This shit started

11. Still with this crap?

12. When is this creep

14. The GOP loves anything that diverts attention away from the real problem. Guns themselves. nt

16. If guns are the problem, what's your legislative solution?

17. And there I was thinking it was criminals and drug cartels.

18. Bullshit..."The Real Problem" is the War on Drugs..

19. "Prohibition 3: Firearms- THIS time, it's sure to work!"

20. Heh. Gungeoneers get touchy and come out of their hidey-hole.

21. I notice you're dodging our responses, too n/t