*(Via CNN) – Voting on strictly partisan lines, a House committee recommended Wednesday that Attorney General Eric Holder be cited for contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents relating to the botched Fast and Furious weapons sting operation.
The vote ended an extraordinary daylong hearing that took place after President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege over some documents sought by the panel investigating Fast and Furious.
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The committee measure now goes to the full House for consideration, expected next week, of what would be an unprecedented event — Congress holding a sitting attorney general in contempt.
“Unless the attorney general reevaluates his choice and supplies the promised documents, the House will vote to hold him in contempt next week,” said a statement by the chamber’s Republican leaders. “If, however, Attorney General Holder produces these documents prior to the scheduled vote, we will give the (committee) an opportunity to review in hopes of resolving this issue.”
All 23 Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee supported the measure, while the 17 Democrats opposed it, reflecting the deep political divide on the issue.
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Listen to this shiggity! Who ever heard of this?
I feel for Eric Holder. He would make a decent AG if he didn’t have to cede to Obama’s desires to kiss Republicans ass. Eric was the right man for the job with a desire to confront racial issues and clean up the mess left by Bush’s gang of criminals who engaged in torture. But right off the bat, Obama shut him down. After saying how America acts cowardly when it come to addressing racial issues, Obama muzzled him. He also wanted to prosecute the bush cabal who ran the torture chambers, but instead, Obama forced him to charge whistle blowers who spoke out against torture under the espionage act. This sting operation was another scheme by Obama to endear himself to the Republicans. Anyone who thinks Holder didn’t know about what was going on is kidding themselves. But Holder would never initiate anything like this. He is not that stupid. Plus, he is scared to death of saying or doing anything without Obama’s approval. Of course it came from Obama and the fake liberals in his administration.
So now you have the same Republicans who Obama tried so hard to please about to screw him. He had to go in there stirring up shit, sending all those troops to their death in Afghanistan, running weapons sting operations, all to look tough to Republicans who still don’t give a shit about him.
I think Holder should just go in there and tell the truth. It was all Obama and those damn right leaning radicals in his administration idea. I don’t want to see another black man being made the fall guy for a corrupt administration the way Powel did.
Yeah, Obama is trying to hide som’n. No wonder he start pulling out executive orders like Bush.
OK so why didn’t they hold Dickhead Cheney and the rest of the Bush Bastards in contempt when they flat out lied about invading Iraq?
Congress is within its rights and should investigate Fast and Furious. However, Holder is by accident of position is being held accountable. The operation which was starting during the Bush administration and continued during the Obama administration defies all logic. Giving powerful weapons to cartel, label the weapons and lets catch them in the act using them.Really? The issue is that thousands of guns made it across the border and less than half recovered. They are being used in crimes and murders in Mexico and the U.S., including the murder of an US ATF agent. Holder has been pretty honest about his knowledge of the incident. I’m question the use of executive privilege by Obama. Holder is scapegoat, this is the debacle of two administrations. Unfortunately, its an election year. This is going to be used to the advantage of some to achieve a goal. If this is fluffed up enough it could be a bad distraction and cause reelection issues. This shouldn’t be but is a political witch hunt and Holder is being held accountable, as unfair as it may seem.