Tag: Fast and Furious
Posted on Thu Feb 02, 2012 at 12:33:12 PM EST
Tags: Fast and Furious (all tags)
Attorney General Eric Holder testified today before the Korematsu McCarthy Star Chamber Renewal Committee (aka the House Oversight Committee, led by Darryl Issa.) When I tuned in, Holder was castigating one of the House members who had just finished questioning him for his lack of civility and disrespect for the Justice Department as an institution. It must have been quite an attack because the next questioner, a Republican, agreed with Holder that his colleague's approach was unfortunate and should not have occurred.
The last Republican who spoke said no one on the Committee is accusing Holder of having actual knowledge about Fast and Furious. Just goes to show these Republicans are not out for the truth, but for Holder's head.
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Posted on Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 09:32:00 AM EST
Tags: Fast and Furious, Darrell Issa (all tags)
As Republicans prepare to grill Attorney General Eric Holder again over Operation Fast and Furious, the Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform have released a report. The executive summary is here. The full report is here.
Shorter version: There is no evidence higher-ups at DOJ were aware of the gunwalking operations, which were initiated during the Bush Administraton. [More...]
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Posted on Tue Nov 08, 2011 at 12:01:31 PM EST
Tags: Fast and Furious (all tags)
Here are Eric Holder's prepared remarks for his testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Fast and Furious."
From the news articles on the hearing, it doesn't seem like the Republicans accomplished much in their "got-cha game" hearing other than making Holder eat a little bit of humble pie.
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Posted on Wed Oct 12, 2011 at 12:44:02 PM EST
Tags: Fast and Furious, Eric Holder (all tags)
Here's the subpoena the House Oversight Committee issued to Attorney General Eric Holder over "Fast and Furious."
Purely Republican grandstanding. Holder is right to downplay it.
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