June 20th is the scheduled day for a comtempt vote, in the House, against Eric Holder. Guess they forgot about Obama's contemptible actions with regard to MF Global.

M E M O R A N D U M

To:  Members, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

From:  Darrell Issa, Chairman

Date:  May 3, 2012

Re:  Update on Operation Fast and Furious

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Since February 2011, the House Oversight and Government and Government Reform Committee has been conducting a joint investigation with Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) of reckless conduct in the Justice Department’s Operation Fast and Furious.  The committee has held three hearings, conducted twenty-four transcribed interviews with fact witnesses, sent the Department of Justice over fifty letters, and issued the Department of Justice two subpoenas for documents.  The Justice Department, however, continues to withhold documents critical to understanding decision making and responsibility in Operation Fast and Furious.

This memo explains key events and facts in Operation Fast and Furious that have been uncovered during the congressional investigation; remaining questions that the Justice Department refused to cooperate in helping the Committee answer; the ongoing relevance of these questions; and the extent of the harm created by both Operation Fast and Furious and the Department’s refusal to fully cooperate.  The memo also explains issues for Committee Members to consider in making a decision about holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his Department’s refusal to provide subpoenaed documents.

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Comments and end notes:  

Understand that Obama and Holder prove both their arrogance and contempt for Constitutional processes in their refusal to submit to legally issued subpoenas.  I have noted this over the past year.  Rather than claim "executive privilege" or some sort of legal reason denying the subpoenas,  both Obama and Holder have simply told the Oversight Committee "no,  we are not going to comply."  

Here is Chairman Issa's comment on this very point: 

"The Obama Administration has not asserted Executive Privilege or any other valid privilege over these materials and it is unacceptable that the Department of Justice refuses to produce them. These documents pertain to Operation Fast and Furious, the claims of whistleblowers, and why it took the Department nearly a year to retract false denials of reckless tactics."  (as reported by cBS - please note the small "c") 

Understand that Obama (regarding a subpoena for MF Global information) and  Eric Holder (regarding Fast and Furious) in simply saying, "No," are challenging the House committee.  In effect, the challenge is this:  "We say 'no' and challenge you to do something about it.  What are you going to do,  arrest us?"  

Here is an example of a redacted document, one of 8,000 sent to the House committee.  A full 95% of all documents submitted by Holder are “redacted,”  yet,  this moron claims he has complied with the House committee’s demands.