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Justice Department will not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder
The US Justice Department said it would not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder over his refusal to hand over documents on a botched gun-running operation to Congress, even after the House of Representatives held him in contempt. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, Deputy Attorney General James Cole…
House Republican: We could have Attorney General Holder arrested
Appearing on a Friday afternoon Fox News broadcast, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) suggested that House Republicans may direct the House Sergeant at Arms to arrest Attorney General Eric Holder, provided they exhaust all other options for obtaining Justice Department documents that are now protected under executive privilege. “If you actually look…
Kilmeade: Dems ‘playing the race card’ during Holder contempt vote
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade insists that Democrats in Congress were “playing the race” card when they walked as House Republicans were voting to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt. Kilmeade on Friday asked Geraldo Rivera “who looks best” after Republican Representatives — led by House Government and Oversight…
House finds Holder in criminal contempt
In an unprecedented censure vote, the US House of Representatives found Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt Thursday, paving the way for legal action over the blocking of a probe into a botched gun-running operation. Several furious Democrats stormed out of the chamber at the start of the vote…
WATCH LIVE: Eric Holder reacts to contempt vote
Attorney General Eric Holder reacts after House Republicans vote on holding him in contempt. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast June 28, 2012. …
Drone documents: Why the government won’t release them
The covert U.S. effort to strike terrorist leaders using drones has moved further out of the shadows this year — targeted killing has been mentioned by President Obama and defended in speeches by Attorney General Eric Holder and Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan. The White House recently declassified the fact…
George Will: Holder ‘made himself obnoxious’ by opposing voter ID
Conservative columnist George Will implied on Sunday that Attorney General Eric Holder deserved to be held in contempt by Congress over the Fast and Furious scandal because he had opposed voter photo ID laws that Democrats say suppress the vote. The conservative columnist told ABC’s Jake Tapper that attacks on…
Republican Rep. suggests Pelosi is mentally ill for worrying about voter suppression
A Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy on Thursday suggested that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was “mind-numbingly stupid” and possibly mentally ill after she claimed that his party was attacking Attorney General Eric Holder because he was fighting attempts to suppress minority voters. Pelosi had told reporters that…
Pelosi: Attacking Holder part of GOP voter suppression plan
WASHINGTON — The top US House Democrat warned Thursday that Republican lawmakers were “frivolously” going after Attorney General Eric Holder in a bid to suppress votes ahead of November’s general election. A House panel voted along party lines Wednesday to hold Holder in contempt for failing to turn over documents…
The facts behind Obama’s ‘Fast and Furious’ executive privilege claim
By Cora Currier, ProPublica Yesterday, the Obama administration invoked executive privilege to prevent the release of certain documents to Congress related to Operation Fast and Furious, the arms-trafficking sting gone awry that came to light last year. (As we’ve detailed, federal agents lost track of hundreds of guns they sold…
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