Republicans On Oversight Panel Taking First Steps To Cite Holder With Contempt
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Republicans on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee are taking the first steps to cite Attorney General Eric Holder with contempt over his role in the Fast and Furious...
View ArticleOpinion: Calling For Eric Holder’s Resignation – Again
As the calls for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation over the “Fast and Furious” gun-running scandal rages on, there is a new wave of demands for him to step down regarding yet another...
View ArticleHolder Willing To Negotiate With House GOP Before Contempt Vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican officials and Attorney General Eric Holder said they’re willing to negotiate an end to a potential constitutional confrontation in a dispute related to the botched...
View ArticleOpinion: Fast And Furious Will Destroy Obama
Wednesday, June 20, 2011 will go down in history as the day that was the beginning of the end for President Barack Obama’s presidency. With the president’s execution of executive privilege regarding...
View ArticleOpinion: Obama’s Approval Rating Drops To 43% For Good Reason
Gallup polling tracks the percentages of Americans who approve and disapprove of the job President Barack Obama is doing as president, daily. It wasn’t long ago – April 24, 2012, as a matter of fact –...
View ArticleWhite House: Issa’s Fast And Furious Analysis ‘Absurd’
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a vote looming to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, a House committee chairman is challenging President Barack Obama’s claim of executive privilege,...
View ArticleHoyer: Some Dems Will Vote To Hold Holder In Contempt For Fast And Furious
WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that the politically potent National Rifle Association is keeping score, some Democrats may join House Republicans if there’s a vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in...
View ArticleWhite House, Republicans Fail To Resolve Holder Contempt Vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama administration officials and House Republican staff members Tuesday failed to resolve a document dispute that could lead to a precedent-setting contempt of Congress vote...
View ArticleGeorgia Dem: Holding Holder In Contempt ‘About Justice’
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Barrow, a Georgia Democrat, says he plans to vote in favor of holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to release documents related to...
View ArticleTerry Family: We Take ‘No Pleasure’ In Contempt Vote Against Holder
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans won a historic political fight to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, but the GOP probably is still a long way from obtaining documents it...
View ArticleOpinion: Eric Holder Continues To Show Contempt Of Congress
In the second most interesting political story of the day to come out of Washington, D.C. yesterday, United States Attorney General Eric Holder was voted by the House of Representatives as “in...
View ArticleEric Holder Won’t Be Prosecuted For Contempt Of Congress
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The Justice Department declared Friday that Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to withhold information about the bungled Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation from...
View ArticleRepublican-Run House Asks Court For ‘Fast And Furious’ Docs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-run House on Monday asked a federal court to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding that he produce records on a bungled gun-tracking...
View ArticleATF Gun-Trafficking Probe Led To Hundreds Of Weapons In Crime Scenes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe...
View ArticleHolder Announces He Might Not Stay On As Attorney General
BALTIMORE (CBSDC) — Attorney General Eric Holder might not be sticking around for a second term. Holder told law school students at the University of Baltimore School of Law that he does not know if he...
View ArticleCBS News: ‘Fast and Furious’ Gun Found At Site Where Mexican Beauty Queen Killed
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – A gun found at the scene of a shootout between a Mexican drug cartel and soldiers where a beauty queen died was part of the botched “Fast and Furious” operation, CBS News reports....
View ArticleCommittee: Holder ‘Not Serious’ About Fast And Furious Settlement
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and a congressional committee disagree on the pace of their talks to settle a lawsuit over congressional efforts to get records related to Operation Fast and...
View ArticleJudge Skeptical Of Dismissing Fast And Furious Suit
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge seemed skeptical Wednesday of the Justice Department’s bid to dismiss a congressional lawsuit seeking records related to Operation Fast and Furious, a bungled federal...
View ArticleACLU: Obama Administration Blocking ATF Agent’s ‘Fast And Furious’ Book
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is blocking a federal law enforcement agent from publishing a book about the failed “Fast and Furious” gun-smuggling sting operation because of concerns that...
View ArticleATF Agent Allowed To Publish Book On ‘Fast And Furious’
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has approved publication of a book by an agent who told Congress about the agency’s failed gun smuggling sting operation “Fast...
View ArticleCruz: Holder Should Be Impeached For ‘Defying Congress And The Rule Of Law’...
WASHINGTON (WNEW) – Sen. Ted Cruz said Attorney General Eric Holder should be impeached if he doesn’t indict former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who is linked to the agency’s...
View ArticleHolder To Fast And Furious Critics: ‘Kiss My A**’
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Newly released emails show Attorney General Eric Holder said that Justice Department prosecutors who were critical of the department’s handling of the fallout of the Fast and...
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