Justice Department aims to avoid contempt vote on Holder over Fast and Furious

Source: Washington Post

Justice Department officials are working behind the scenes to avert a vote in Congress next week on contempt charges against Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. stemming from the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious.

Justice officials are talking to staffers for Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, to reach a compromise on the documents that Issa has subpoenaed on the botched “gun walking” operation. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole offered again Monday to meet with Issa, saying, “We believe that an amicable resolution of these matters is achievable.” He also has offered to meet with House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).

Several other current and former Justice officials said they are skeptical that they will be able to stop the contempt vote.

“This is political theater, and it’s been political theater from the beginning,” said Holder’s former spokesman, Matthew Miller. “There is no evidence that the attorney general or senior Justice officials knew anything about the Fast and Furious tactics. I don’t think Chairman Issa wants a solution. He wants a contempt vote.”

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Justice Department aims to avoid contempt vote on Holder over Fast and Furious (Original post)	alp227	Jun 2012	OP
This is not about a botched sting on Mexican drug gangs.	TrollBuster9090	Jun 2012	#1
I do love each of your ideas.	truedelphi	Jun 2012	#7
On (c), seriously? Someone who was bragging about prosecuting prostitution rings,	Nye Bevan	Jun 2012	#10
I wouldn't care if he was sneaking into the seafood store and screwing dead tunafish	TrollBuster9090	Jun 2012	#21
You're spot on on every point except for c). I love Eliot Spitzer but do you really	Liberal_Stalwart71	Jun 2012	#19
They might, in a lame duck session. nt	TrollBuster9090	Jun 2012	#20
The fastest and best way to stop it	Drale	Jun 2012	#2
That would not be keeping to the theme of the	truedelphi	Jun 2012	#8
contempt?	HillbillyBob	Jun 2012	#22
Oh no! Just like Harriet Meirs and Josh Bolten went to jail for "contempt" of Congress	bluestateguy	Jun 2012	#3
The rules change when right wingers get power	creeksneakers2	Jun 2012	#4
The House could have bypassed the US Attorneys	OnyxCollie	Jun 2012	#6
Issa is full of shit	Iliyah	Jun 2012	#5
Why the resistance	castnet55	Jun 2012	#9
Issa's not trying to get to the bottom of anything	pscot	Jun 2012	#11
The word some people are missing....	PavePusher	Jun 2012	#12
Holder blatantly perjured himself	naaman fletcher	Jun 2012	#13
obama can find a conservative looking for a new job lol nt	msongs	Jun 2012	#14
How could police anywhere	creeksneakers2	Jun 2012	#17
I can't say I want to take either side in this argument.	bemildred	Jun 2012	#15
DOJ has been stalling this for over a year now	Lurks Often	Jun 2012	#16
Fast and Furious is a terrible scandal.	former9thward	Jun 2012	#18

Response to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 10:44 PM

TrollBuster9090 (1,604 posts)

1. This is not about a botched sting on Mexican drug gangs.

a) The contempt charge against Holder is actually a shot across Holder's bow to get him to stop halting the Republican voter purge, IMHO, and

b) Fine, go ahead and vote him in contempt. It might actually teach him that it's a waste of time trying to appease Republicans, and he can start doing his job. Finally,

c) If they bring enough heat down on Holder that he's forced to resign, I vote we replace him with ELIOT SPITZER!

Justice Department aims to avoid contempt vote on Holder over Fast and Furious

1. This is not about a botched sting on Mexican drug gangs.

7. I do love each of your ideas.

10. On (c), seriously? Someone who was bragging about prosecuting prostitution rings,

21. I wouldn't care if he was sneaking into the seafood store and screwing dead tunafish

19. You're spot on on every point except for c). I love Eliot Spitzer but do you really

20. They might, in a lame duck session. nt

2. The fastest and best way to stop it

8. That would not be keeping to the theme of the

22. contempt?

3. Oh no! Just like Harriet Meirs and Josh Bolten went to jail for "contempt" of Congress

4. The rules change when right wingers get power

6. The House could have bypassed the US Attorneys

5. Issa is full of shit

9. Why the resistance

11. Issa's not trying to get to the bottom of anything

12. The word some people are missing....

13. Holder blatantly perjured himself

14. obama can find a conservative looking for a new job lol nt

17. How could police anywhere

15. I can't say I want to take either side in this argument.

16. DOJ has been stalling this for over a year now

18. Fast and Furious is a terrible scandal.