By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department inspector general expects to issue the long-anticipated report on the ATF gun-running operation known as Fast and Furious by next Tuesday morning, CNN reports. DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz is to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Tuesday morning, following the report’s release. Attorney…
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 U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will announce an array of reforms in the New Orleans Police Department on Tuesday as part of the most far-reaching consent decree of its kind, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. A monitor and federal judge will direct the mandated oversight spelled out in a 125-page agreement for…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Last-minute attempts by House Republicans and President Obama’s administration to resolve a dispute over the release of documents has failed. The House plans to vote Thursday’s vote on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, the Associated Press reports. Sources told the AP that Republicans met with the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Is it Groundhog Day — as in the Bill Murray film? U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will once again testify on Feb. 2 before Congress where he’s gotten a grilling in the past several months on ATF’s controversial gun walking operation “Fast and Furious.” Rep. Darrell Issa’s office fired off a…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder has had enough. Holder told a reporter from the Daily Caller , a conservative news website, to stop egging congressional Republicans on to call for his resignation, reports Talking Points Memo. “You guys need to… you guys need to stop this,” TPM reports hearing Holder tell…
ATF Sanctioning ‘Straw’ Gun Sales since 2006, Houston Dealer Says: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
