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Holder suggests he may resign
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told students at the University of Baltimore Law School on Thursday that he’s considering stepping down and letting someone else take over his job for President Barack Obama’s second term. “That’s something that I’m in the process now of trying to determine,” Holder said, according…
Mexican man pleads guilty in ‘Fast and Furious’ killing
LOS ANGELES — A Mexican pleaded guilty over the killing of a US border agent that threw a spotlight on the United States’ controversial “Fast and Furious” gun-tracking operation, prosecutors said. In a plea deal, Manuel Osorio-Arellanes admitted to first degree murder in court in Tucson, Arizona in connection with…
Univision promises ‘the untold story’ of what ‘Fast and Furious’ has wrought in Mexico
Univision: The untold story of what 'Fast and Furious' wrought in Mexico When a journalist for Univision asked President Obama last week why he hasn’t fired Attorney General Eric Holder over the “Fast and Furious” gun walking fiasco, the reporter, it turns out, had an inside scoop that added urgency…
Holder slams Republicans after being cleared in ‘Fast and Furious’ investigation
An internal Department of Justice investigation cleared Attorney General Eric Holder of wrongdoing in the “Fast and Furious” operation, a program that came under fire in an investigation led by California congressman Rep. Darrell Issa (R), who alleged that Holder’s negligence had botched the operation. According to Talking Points Memo,…
U.S. offers $1 million reward over killing of border agent Brian Terry
LOS ANGELES — US authorities offered a $1 million reward Monday for information about four suspects wanted over the killing of a border agent in December 2010. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published the names as an indictment was unsealed charging five suspects with offenses including first degree murder…
Fortune reporter: ‘Fast and Furious’ the fault of weak laws pushed by gun lobby
The “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal has blown up in Republicans’ collective faces just one day before a major House vote on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over related documents. Despite the insistence of the National Rifle Association (NRA), the nation’s largest…
Stewart: Fox News is ‘fox who cried wolf’ on ‘Fast and Furious’
On Tuesday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart again waded into the muddy waters of “Fast and Furious,” the pseudo-scandal currently rocking the right wing of the political world while barely seeming to exist to most people on the other side of the aisle. Republican outrage at…
House Democrats: Fast and Furious probe ‘based on a series of unfounded claims’
Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a video on Tuesday highlighting Republican inconsistency regarding the “Fast and Furious” scandal. The 3-minute video shows Republican lawmakers contradicting themselves and each other while talking about the botched “Fast and Furious” operation. A House Committee on Oversight and…
Stewart: Democrats hypocritical on ‘Fast and Furious’ executive privilege
Thursday night on “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart discussed President Barack Obama’s decision to invoke executive privilege to protect documents from the “Fast and Furious” operation from scrutiny by an investigative committee headed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA). Stewart’s take on “Fast and Furious” is different than most left-leaning…
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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