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Secret ATF Wiretaps Show Holder Justice Department Knew About Gun-Walking Scandal

Secret ATF Wiretaps Show Holder Department Knew About Gun-Walking Scandal

Secret ATF Wiretaps Show Holder Department Knew About Gun-Walking Scandal

New revelations from a secret ATF wiretap application gives treasure trove of information regarding the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal and coverup.

The new information show how many illegal “straw purchases” had taken place, and what guns had been recovered in Mexico, as well as showing how ATF officials initially watched guns bought by the criminal purchasers, but then ended their surveillance without recovering the high powered automatic weapons that they allowed to walk.

“The application included financial details for four suspected straw purchasers showing they had purchased $373,000 worth of guns in cash but reported almost no income for the previous year”

In the midst of a fiery floor debate over contempt proceedings for Attorney General Eric Holder, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) quietly dropped a bombshell letter into the Congressional Record.

The May 24 letter to Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member on the panel, quotes from and describes in detail a secret wiretap application that has become a point of debate in the

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Holder Contempt of Congress Resolution Approved – Despite Obama’s False Claim of Executive Privilege

Holder Contempt of Congress Resolution Approved - Despite Obama's False Claim of Executive Privilege

Holder Contempt of Congress Resolution Approved – Despite Obama’s False Claim of Executive Privilege

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has approved the Contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder, despite Obama’s false claim of executive privilege, which was hastily asserted by the corrupt Obama administration just minutes before the vote.

Democrats tried offering more stalling tactics to help stall and coverup the crimes committed by the Obama administration, Eric Holder, and the Justice Department.

A House panel voted Wednesday to place Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a subpoena, defying an assertion of executive privilege from President Obama.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Republican Chairman Darrell Issa (Calif.), approved a resolution along party lines to place Holder in contempt after battling him for months over access to internal agency documents about the gun-tracking operation Fast and Furious.

The vote came shortly after Obama escalated the conflict by sending a letter to the committee claiming executive privilege over the documents that the panel had sought.

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