Big Government has the news of the contempt citation filed against Attorney General Eric Holder. What the heck took them so long? Oh well, better late than never.
Republican House leaders are finally holding Attorney General Eric Holder accountable for some of his actions. Representative Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, drafted a 48-page contempt of Congress citation against him. The charge? Repeatedly obstructing and slowing the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious.
This means the top House leaders are on board. The top committee officials met for most of the day in Speaker John Boehner’s office and he gave them permission to move ahead. Finally! (Read More)
H/T The Other McCain
Update: It appears the above report is incorrect.
House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and House Speaker John Boehner claim reports they are moving to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress soon — and reports claiming they are working together to do so — are inaccurate.
CBS News and the Los Angeles Times reported Friday morning that Boehner had green-lighted Issa’s plans to hold Holder in contempt of Congress over Operation Fast and Furious. Holder’s Department of Justice has provided only about 7,000 of the more than 70,000 pages of documents Issa has subpoenaed related to Operation Fast and Furious.
Issa and many others on Capitol Hill have threatened for months that they will hold Holder in contempt without actually doing it. This contempt citation — whose existence was confirmed on Fox News Friday afternoon by Issa — is the first official step in moving forward with contempt proceedings.
After the initial reports, a House Republican leadership aide told The Daily Caller that the LA Times and CBS reports were inaccurate. The GOP leadership aide said that “while there are very legitimate arguments to be made in favor of such an action [holding Holder in contempt], no decision has been made to move forward with one by the Speaker or by House Republican leaders.” (Read More)
Sigh.
I was imprisoned by Eric Holder’s agency, DOJ, three times for 5 months without a warrant that included a reference to a charge listed in a complaint, the only definition of a warrant in the Federal Register, without a criminal charge, without a bail hearing, and without a government prosecutor. I don’t have a criminal record. I sued DOJ in federal court and Holder’s agency said that DOJ did that deliberately because I deserved it.
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I heard that Boehner stopped them from making the charge against him. Not sure if it’s true, but not hard to believe.
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Perhaps you heard it here.
…”House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and House Speaker John Boehner claim reports they are moving to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress soon — and reports claiming they are working together to do so — are inaccurate.”…
…”After the initial reports, a House Republican leadership aide told The Daily Caller that the LA Times and CBS reports were inaccurate. The GOP leadership aide said that “while there are very legitimate arguments to be made in favor of such an action [holding Holder in contempt], no decision has been made to move forward with one by the Speaker or by House Republican leaders.”…
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/27/issa-boehner-at-odds-over-holding-holder-in-contempt-of-congress/
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Thanks for the answer. Seems typical of Boehner. We need a new speaker.
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