By Sari Horwitz Washington Post WASHINGTON –– The Justice Department has told House leaders that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s decision to withhold certain documents about a flawed gun operation from Congress is not a crime and he will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole explained…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Congress voted Thursday to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, he became yet another attorney general entangled in a distracting crisis that is threatening his leadership, the New York Times reports. The U.S. House threatened to hold the last Republican attorney general, Michael B. Mukasey, in contempt for withholding Justice…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In an election year, where politicians in Washington eat and breath partisan politics, the House voted Thursday to hold Atty. General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt. He becomes the first Attorney General to be held in contempt of Congress. The Republican led contempt action was in response to allegations that…
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 Attorney General Eric Holder said he did nothing wrong Thursday after a congressional committee charged him with contempt of Congress for withholding records related to a failed gun-running probe known as Operation Fast and Furious. “The action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented,” he said in a statement….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The politics surrounding ATF’s failed Operation Fast and Furious began to sizzle Wednesday, with Republicans leading the charge against Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, voting along party lines, voted 23 to 17 to hold Holder in contempt for failing to turn over documents pertaining…
Update: Fox News reports that President Obama has granted an 11th-hour request by Attorney General Eric Holder to exert executive privilege over the release of Fast and Furious documents. Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Short of last minute document dump, Fox News reports Republicans are poised to take a vote on a contempt resolution against Atty. General…
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…
