{"id":14455,"date":"2012-06-26T07:13:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T11:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14455"},"modified":"2012-06-26T07:13:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T11:13:41","slug":"the-letter-behind-the-contempt-of-congress-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14455","title":{"rendered":"The Letter Behind The Contempt Of Congress Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the Daily Caller<\/a>\u00a0posted a story explaining exactly what document Congress<\/a> is seeking from Attorney General<\/a> Eric Holder<\/a> that he is unwilling to give them.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

During the June 24 broadcast of Fox News Sunday,\u00a0House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa cited the email as a \u201cgood example\u201d of a specific document his committee knows Holder is hiding from Congress.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ATF director, Kenneth Melson, sent an e-mail. And he had said to us in sworn testimony that, in fact, he had concerns,\u201d Issa said. \u201cAnd we want to see that e-mail because that\u2019s an example where he was saying, if we believe his sworn testimony, that guns walked. And he said it shortly after February 4, and [on] July 4. When he told us that, we began asking for that document.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the details of it surfaced first when Grassley<\/a> mentioned it for the first time publicly during a June 12 Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a> hearing where Holder was testifying.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe [Melson] immediately sent an email warning others, \u2018back off the letter to Sen. Grassley in light of the information in the affidavits,\u2019\u201d Grassley explained.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems as if there has been some serious untruth telling before Congress during the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious<\/a>. Congress is well within its authority and responsibility to investigate what happened in Operation Fast and Furious that resulted in the deaths of two Border Patrol agents and many Mexicans. It would be nice if the Justice Department would co-operate with the investigation. Obviously, they will not. A contempt citation may be the only logical next step for the Congressional committee investigating Fast and Furious. The Executive Branch does not seem to be willing to provide the information requested when asked nicely.<\/p>\n

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