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Issa To File Civil Contempt Suit Against Eric Holder Over “Fast and Furious” Cover-Up

Issa To File Civil Contempt Suit Against Eric Holder Over "Fast and Furious" Cover-Up

Issa To File Civil Contempt Suit Against Eric Holder Over “Fast and Furious” Cover-Up

Darrell Issa and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are doing everything possible to try and break through the corruption and stonewalling by “Fast & Furious” cover-up in chief, Attorney General Eric Holder. Eric Holder has the power of the government to stay above the law, and out of harms way for his obvious attempts to cover-up the details of the “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal.

Due to the stonewalling and coverup by Eric Holder, Issa’s only next step is filing a civil contempt suit against Holder for his refusal to provide the documents that Congress required of him.

It is shameful and wrong that Eric Holder will not provide the documents needed to get to the bottom of the “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal and even more shameful and wrong that Obama helped with the coverup by falsely claiming executive privilege over the documents on the very last day before the contempt vote, and after not claiming the privilege for during the first two …

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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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