Gunrunner: Republicans turn up the heat on Eric Holder
With the recently released White House documents which show that in all likelihood Eric Holder perjured himself in sworn testimony to the Congress on Operation Fast and Furious, Republicans are beginning to turn up the heat.
Lamar smith has already sent a letter to the president asking for a special counsel to be set up to investigate the suddenly embattled Eric Holder, but this is just the beginning of Eric Holder’s troubles because while these documents are damning to the man charged with upholding federal law the White House is still holding back other documents which we can all assume are the more damning documents and because of this the Republicans are now emboldened to go after Eric Holder–rightfully so.
Darrell Issa today asked Eric Holder to simply admit the truth–that he knew about Operation Fast and Furious:
He may or may not have perjured himself, but he certainly failed to answer my questions and [Rep.] Jason Chaffetz’s questions about what did he know — he implied he knew nothing when in fact he at least knew something,” Issa said on Fox News. “We certainly would like to believe that he was disingenuous but not lying. The fact is, the people who are making those statements on his behalf are lying on his behalf, period.”
The California Republican insisted that Holder “had to know” about Fast and Furious from his weekly briefings, citing at least seven separate memos that he said included information about the program. In addition, Holder’s “number two and number three” at the DoJ were “intimately involved,” Issa argued.
“This is a man … who, carefully, if he doesn’t like the question, answers it the way he wants to,” he said. “He had every obligation to say, ‘I may not have known about all the details but of course I knew about Fast and Furious because I was briefed somewhat on it weekly.’ He needs to come forward and at least admit that because right now, what he said is untrue and he needs to clarify before the committee.
Darrell Issa knows that Eric Holder is lying but he is charged with the Congressional Oversight and investigation in this case so he has to be diplomatic and cannot say anything that would jeopardize the case against Eric Holder, but Arizona Representative Paul Gosar is not investigating Eric Holder and he can afford to be a little less candid than Darrell Issa:
We’re talking about consequences of criminal activity, where we actually allowed guns to walk into the hands of criminals, where our livelihoods are at risk,” Gosar said in a phone interview. “When you facilitate that and a murder or a felony occurs, you’re called an accessory. That means that there’s criminal activity.We impugn the private sector, we impugn main street America, and the bureaucracy cannot be held to any different standard whatsoever,” Gosar told TheDC, insisting that Justice Department and ATF officials “intentionally — intentionally — violated the law.”
Gosar said the administration was “showing an intentional, wanton disregard for the law,” and that “there’s got to be consequences for that
I agree with everything that Paul Gosar said, and in fact I have said it myself (although not as well) in previous posts on this subject. Not only has the Obama regime been accessories to murder in my opinion, but they have been obstructing justice and have been caught tampering with evidence at the murder sight of Brian Terry and justice must be served.
At this time I don’t see how Eric Holder can remain as the head of the “Justice” Department and I feel as if it is only a matter of time before he resigns, but his resignation is simply not good enough and I hope that Darrell Issa feels the same way because in my opinion there was criminal activity here and he deserves to be prosecuted for his crimes. And then there is the possibility that this could be considered an act of international terrorism.
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I can’t believe, Steve, that a special prosecutor appointed by the President would do much good. Maybe I’m being unfair, but I do not trust Obama at all. BTW, do you find it strange that Mexico is not raising more hell than they are? Or is the media just not covering it ?
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I find that a little odd too, Jim. You would think Mexico would be considering this an act of war. It tells me there’s alot more going on here than we know. I think Issa knows though.
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I know what you are saying Jim; we know that the special counsel will be sympathetic to the cause, maybe the Congree would have some right to approve or deny? I have read stories about Mexico being upset with this and considering bringing up charges but I am not convinced that Mexico didn’t know about this; I wonder if this was part of some agreement with Mexico with illegal immigration in mind.
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What about the CBS reporter who was yelled at by DOJ?
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/cbs-news-reporter-says-white-house-screamed-swore-her-over-fast-and-furious_595011.html
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I know! This regime can’t believe that someone would stand up and question them; this is how far above the law Obama feels he is.
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Well it’s about time. I wonder if he will step down or fight to retain his power with every fiber of his being?
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I think he is going to step down; I don’t see how he can stay.
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I just can’t help but wonder how much longer Eric Holder will be able to hold onto his job. Actually, I hope he does hang on, for one simple reason. If the President continues to stand behind him and prop him up, it may show just how culpable Obama really is in all of this. I am not holding my breath,though. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Holder resign or be fired any day now.
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I don’t think he can hang on long, but I think Obama is afraid to condemn Holder because Holder has the goods on Obama. This is finally starting to heat up.
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I think that President Calderon, IF, he was upset about this would come in front of Congress and give his speech, like he has before. That kind of tells me that maybe he was in on it, he is a forward little man. As for AG Holder stepping down, if that is done, it most likely will be for “health” reasons, don’t you think? I was not sure if you guys were referring to Obama OR Holder, so thought Holder. IF, however you meant Obama, I don’t think he will step down, I think he and the family will have to have that “5 day eviction notice” served on them by We the People to move them out. As for trusting Obama to appoint an unbiased, Special Prosecutor, ya, that is going to happen.
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A good point; if Calderon was upset wouldn’t he come out and say something? I am still undecided about whether or not he knew. If Holder steps down he could always use the “I want to spend more time with my family” excuse.
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Eric Holder has spit upon and disgraced the honor and integrity laid upon the DOJ and AG since the creation of the office by our Founding Fathers. That alone is sickening to me.
Another problem is that Obama suddenly decided to stop enforcing the holy DOMA Act, created by Congress, passed, and signed into law.
Statutorily speaking, the DOJ is mandated to enforce ALL laws on the books AND defend them at all costs when challenged. Obama’s pick-and-choose policies are a direct violation of the United States Public Code.
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Yes the “Justice” Department is supposed to defend all the laws and not pick and chose which laws to defend and which ones to ignore and it is an absolute dereliction of duty that this DOJ is failing to enforce certain laws.
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ANY, I repeat, ANY Special Prosecutor that is put in place by the White House is totally unacceptable… Fox, meet hen house…
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Exactly!
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Turtle, as if it matters to Obama what the laws are!!! I am with T. Fred, if the White House appoints a Special Prosecutor, it is NOT acceptable.
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Agreed!
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