Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Congressional Republicans are questioning why Attorney General Eric Holder is using the FBIs jet for business and personal travel, the Washington Post reports. Lawmakers sent a letter Thursday to FBI Director Robert Mueller, saying the federal agencies operate on different budgets. “It is our understanding that the Justice Department does not reimburse…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hoping to compel Attorney General Eric Holder to release documents related to the botched gun-walking case Operation Fast and Furious, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee plans Monday to file a civil contempt suit today against the AG, CBS News reports. The lawsuit comes after the White House and Justice Department said Holder…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Its D-Day for Atty. General Eric Holder. The Republican controlled House is set to vote Thursday on whether to hold him in contempt in a battle over documents in the failed ATF Operation Fast and Furious. Holder says he’s been cooperate from the get-go and sees the move as politically motivated….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House Oversight Committee will take the unusual step this week of deciding whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents in the controversial Fast and Furious weapons sting investigation, CBS News reports. Republicans say the Justice Department is withholding tens of…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Nicholas DeBelleville Katzenbach, who worked as a lawyer for the Justice Department during the Kennedy administration and became Attorney General under the Johnson regime, only to bump heads with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, died Tuesday at age 90. Serving a crucial role in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, it was Katzenbach…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Republican establishment is beginning to line up for GOP hopeful Mitt Romney. The latest: Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who served under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, endorsed Romney on Monday, according to The Hill. “I admire Mitt’s record of fiscal responsibility, lower taxes and defense of traditional…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. on Monday defended what he sees as America’s right to kill suspected American terrorists overseas. “Let me be clear: an operation using lethal force in a foreign country, targeted against a U.S. citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces, and…
