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Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:13 PM

Report: Issa Staffer Offered To Stop Holder Contempt Vote For DOJ Scalp

Source: talkingpointsmemo.com

Rep. Darrell Issa’s chief investigative counsel offered to stop the contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder in exchange for the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, Newsweek’s Dan Klaidman is reporting.

Issa staffer Stephen Castor brought up the issue of “accountability” during a phone call with a senior DOJ official last week, according to the report. Castor reportedly said they could head off the contempt vote if Breuer stepped down.

Breuer, who heads the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, apologized in October for not telling other Justice Department officials that guns were allowed to “walk” during the Bush administration when Congress first raised questions about Operation Fast And Furious in early 2011.

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Reply Report: Issa Staffer Offered To Stop Holder Contempt Vote For DOJ Scalp (Original post)
Grassy Knoll Jun 2012 OP
hrmjustin Jun 2012 #1
liberal N proud Jun 2012 #2
slackmaster Jun 2012 #10
Jumping John Jun 2012 #3
6000eliot Jun 2012 #4
patrice Jun 2012 #5
Woody Woodpecker Jun 2012 #6
SoutherDem Jun 2012 #7
Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #8
progressoid Jun 2012 #11
slackmaster Jun 2012 #9
jeff47 Jun 2012 #14
slackmaster Jun 2012 #17
shraby Jun 2012 #12
LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2012 #15
madrchsod Jun 2012 #13
wordpix Jun 2012 #18
wordpix Jun 2012 #19
Kingofalldems Jun 2012 #16
wordpix Jun 2012 #20
L. Coyote Jun 2012 #21
clang1 Jun 2012 #23
Thinkingabout Jun 2012 #22
wordpix Jun 2012 #26
zbdent Jun 2012 #24
DCBob Jun 2012 #25

Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:16 PM

1. I guess they are not as interested in documents as they are in a scalp. n/t

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Response to hrmjustin (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:22 PM

2. That is all it is ever about

The GOP is always on a witch hunt when it comes to Democrats. Holder being appointed by President Obama is considered part of the Democratic Administration.



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Response to liberal N proud (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:58 PM

10. I have a better explanation

 

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Anything to embarrass the President in an election year.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:27 PM

3. This would be a good reason to invoke Executive Privilege in support of the separation of power.

 


Otherwise the house can just run rough shod over the executive branch and black mail the EB into doing their bidding.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:32 PM

4. I thought they wanted Napolitano.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:34 PM

5. I'm telling you, Holder knows the skinny on DOJ Capture. nt

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:36 PM

6. You resign first, Issa

 

And then turn yourself in for crimes against humanity

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:48 PM

7. Isn't that proof why they are doing this contempt crap.

What a scumbag Issa is.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:54 PM

8. Extortion?

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Response to Baitball Blogger (Reply #8)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:58 PM

11. I think republicans call it bi-partisanship.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:56 PM

9. I thought this was a racist vendetta against Holder because of the voter suppression thing

 

What's our narrative here?

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Response to slackmaster (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 05:30 PM

14. Could always point out this story makes the Republicans sound somewhat reasonable

So it could be trying to create a more friendly narrative for the Republicans than the vendetta.

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Response to jeff47 (Reply #14)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 07:10 PM

17. Or a tactical move to make Nancy Pelosi and Al Sharpton sound unreasonable

 

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I don't know, but it does seem to me that the real agenda is to embarrass the President.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 04:02 PM

12. I believe that's termed blackmail, plain and simple. Didn't know that was legal.

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Response to shraby (Reply #12)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 06:03 PM

15. It worked with the national debt, so they think it'll work here

If they succeed, they'll have the Administration by the balls. "You do this and we won't do that..."

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 05:12 PM

13. sounds like desperation....

obama called his bluff and issa has no where to go with his contempt campaign

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Response to madrchsod (Reply #13)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 07:46 PM

18. right, & the contempt campaign is linked to a wacky---Rachel explained, I'll find the link

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Response to wordpix (Reply #18)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 07:50 PM

19. here's the link about Rachel's report, or go directly to her vid at msnbc

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 06:14 PM

16. Oh no! What will Issa's little gungeon pals say?

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Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #16)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 07:51 PM

20. they're taking our guns b/c it's a conspiracy to not take our guns to make

us believe they're not but they are

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 07:52 PM

21. I think that is called "criminal conduct" over at DoJ, something Issa knows about first-hand, OR

how about if all the people who covered up for Bush take a WALK!

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Response to L. Coyote (Reply #21)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 10:46 PM

23. Don't know yet whether current conduct or past

 

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Sure it isn't about this since the GOP has so many fingers in it as well (heh and we all know the GOP does not investigate it's own corruption unless they can blame it one someone else). So who knows at this point.

U.S. AG Eric Holder, DoJ Head Lanny Breuer Linked To Banks Accused Of Foreclosure Fraud
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/20/eric-holder-banks-lanny-breuer_n_1218452.html

'Reuters reported in December that under Holder and Breuer, the Justice Department hasn't brought any criminal cases against big banks or other companies involved in mortgage servicing, even though copious evidence has surfaced of apparent criminal violations in foreclosure cases.'

'While Holder and Breuer were partners at Covington, the firm's clients included the four largest U.S. banks - Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo & Co - as well as at least one other bank that is among the 10 largest mortgage servicers.'

Whole damn system is rotten, everyone eating out of the others hand, on both sides and as usual We the People just get ________.

Makes me think of another post of mine on Power Structures.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 08:13 PM

22. Maybe it is time to release all the data on fast and furious including

The guns which was not accounted for in earlier years. Let Issa prove the first gun walking began after Holder was AG

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #22)

Sun Jun 24, 2012, 10:55 AM

26. the docs asked for cannot be released, such as grand jury testimony. See this video, explains all:

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 06:45 PM

24. If they're looking for a witch hunt,

why don't they start with one of their own ADMITTED witches???

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Sun Jun 24, 2012, 10:27 AM

25. WTF?? Blackmail is now a congressional procedure?

I wouldnt even respond to such a request.

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