Did the Attorney General Mislead Congress on Operation ‘Fast and Furious’?
- Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:02pm by
Buck Sexton
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Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says he does not believe Attorney General Eric Holder gave accurate testimony under oath to Congress during the House Judiciary Committee on May 3.
Asked in May when he learned of Operation “Fast and Furious” and “Project Gunrunner,” Holder claimed he ‘probably’ learned of it ‘over the last few weeks.’ In the testy exchange that followed, Issa pointed out that two Americans were killed by weapons associated with the botched operation, and that in the end, no major criminals were brought to justice. Issa also implies that the Department of Justice was deliberately slow-rolling the request for documentation about the program. You can watch the exchange between Holder and Issa here.
As for the Attorney General’s timeline of the last few weeks, Operation ‘Fast and Furious’ was reported in major news outlets across the country starting not weeks, but months before the May 3 hearing, including a 4-page article in the Washington Post in February naming the program and explaining how it was supposed to work.
Here is a clip from a Univision interview on March 23, 2011, in which Obama claims neither he nor the Attorney General were informed of the program. President Obama, when pressed on the issue, stated that “this is a big government, we have a lot of moving parts.” At the end of the interview, the President assures the interviewer that if mistakes were made, “we’ll hold somebody accountable.”
Recently, acting chief of the ATF Kenneth Melson gave secret testimony on the Gunrunner scandal to Congress. In a letter to Attorney General Holder from Congressmen Issa and Grassley, Melson’s testimony was described as “very helpful” However, the letter from Issa and Grassley went on to warn against DOJ or White House retribution against Melson amidst rumors that he will be forced to step down.
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Comments (341)
justmike
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:20pmThere is no mis-leading here, it’s a flat out lie.
Tell it like it is.
Report Post »TruthSpeaker
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:18pmHell no, he didn’t mislead. Please………..start calling liars, liars and lies, lies. Stop with the PC “mis-leading”. BS. He lied,, he did not tell the truth, he IS a liar just like his compadres in DC, chicago, etc, etc
Report Post »Hex_Omega
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:18pmI still think there’s more to this story and I believe this was intended to cause enough chaos to better regulate gun control here in the U.S.
Protect the 2nd Amendment!!
Report Post »Bret
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 9:52amya think?
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:16pmHolder is a racist and a liar
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:15pmLying to Congress is a Federal Felony.
Report Post »Dustoff
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:42pmNot with O-dumber & holder in charge
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:15pm“We don’t have all the facts” (I Know Nothing) BS Dumbo
Report Post »Came out today we paid for the guns too
AzSage
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:14pmFire Holder and impeach Obama, This is an outrage.
Report Post »PASSIONFORCHRIST
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:14pmLiar, Liar, your pants are on FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »OleTom
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:14pmImpeach them both Absolute Proof Obama knew about Project Gunrunner see it for yourself
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GETLIFE
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 8:02pmSee my reply below. Guess I hit the wrong “reply.”
Report Post »Bret
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 9:43amTheir was a concerted effort between the White House talking points, the major media push against American Guns in Mexico, sneaking the funding into stimulus and security bills, and finally getting the money through the Justice Dept to the drug gangs that are at WAR with Mexico. Some “political” heads need to roll: Holder, Pelosi, Reid, and Obama… Hey Libs, the head of the ATF and the intended fall guy have lawyer’d up and are talking to Congress. Holder is now an enemy combatant and should go to Gitmo!
Report Post »Hiswill
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:14pmAnother big waste of tax payer money that ended the lives of innocent men. Man up Holder!!
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:53pmYou can’t believe anything Holder says. He has been proven a liar on so many accounts. Issa has even said that Holder must have know but when is the problem. The other problem is why Holder is trying to obstruct justice by blocking the investigation: http://tiny.cc/kqh8f
The other scary thing is that these guns are killing not just Mexican but 47 of them were found in Arizona at different raids and crime scenes: http://tiny.cc/7tmdr
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 7:57pmThe men up top had to have known their plan would take innocent lives. The way I understand the info at your link–ANYONE who voted for the H.R.1 stimulus package is also responsable. Congress is supposed to protect us from criminal use of our money. Instead, it looks like they voted to fund Project Gunrunner. Looks to me like a whole lot of people may have a reason to keep it quiet…. These criminals do not deserve to be in charge of our money.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 8:06pmThe link I refer to is from OLETOM.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:13pmNo No No – Mislead is not quite accurate -He lied to save his skinny a$$
Report Post »This operation has his fingerprint all over it – How do I know – Stop and think, would ANY real law enforcement person come up with this plan and execute it like a moron.
It has twit moron all over it! – I only hope it breaks in time for the election
“Special prosecutor is mandatory in this investigation”
Bret
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 11:28amIt does have all the trappings of Oval-Office-Think, doesn’t it?
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:13pmObama says that this is a big gov. with many moving parts. there is no way that he was not involved in operation gun runner. this was to help him get more gun control and it backfired. now on to plan 2. Obama and holder working on commonsence measures of gun control.
Report Post »kerf
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:13pmThis is outrageous, I heard today that money from the Stimulus Bill went into F&F to the tune of $50 million. This is a very bad scandal, Holder must resign.
Report Post »Bret
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:21amResign? That will make it all better…
Report Post »sweathog1948
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:25amWhere did you hear this came out of the stimilus package.
Report Post »Bret
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:44amStimulus Package and also from a “Border Security Bill”… Read the bills…
Report Post »Barry Soetoro
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:13pmGet this crook out of office. Holder belongs in jail.
Report Post »OleTom
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:13pmAbsolute Proof Obama knew about Project Gunrunner see it for yourself
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jakartaman
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:17pmThis is amazing – why are not these two enemies of the state not in jail?
Report Post »where is the media?
Bret
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 9:49amObama will not complete his term…
Report Post »AzSage
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:13pmFire Holder and impeach Obama. This is an outrage.
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:38pmDamn right!! Enough is enough is the President and Attorney General can’t follow the law than it is time to have them removed.
Report Post »Bret
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:29amCaesar’s Laws do not apply to Caesar and his flunkies…
Report Post »Jimster123
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:13pmDid the Attorney General Mislead Congress on Operation ‘Fast and Furious’? Yes, Yes and oh by the way, YES! He’s a dang lefty progressive–Marxist.. What do you expect?
Report Post »yosemitefan
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:11pmHolder is not the sharpest knife in the drawer – he must have thought ‘fast & furious” was about the new movie…
Report Post »DelzLdy
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:10pmLet’s blame Bush!
Report Post »Bret
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:40amLet’s not pat the pathetic globalist on the back, either. Face it, Bush did suck, but Obama makes him look as harmless as Qaddafi… The majority in America think independently of political parties, the left and right paradigm are against us… To repeat it is US versus the Left-Right… That is why the Right is currently trying to serve us a big dish of Romney…
Report Post »BIG Whoop
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:10pmEric Holder need to GO!! He’s a LIAR and a CROOK. If Obama won’t fire him, then Obama will be fired come next election.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:56pm@ Big Whoop, he’s going to be fired anyway. So get rid of Holder now mabey he will rat out oboso.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:10pmIt is interesting now as the scandle worse than the Nixon Watergate fiasco is generating so little of a stir from the left; and yet, this AJ for the USA has apperantly lied, distorted, fabricated and gone to great lengths to defy the legitimate legal authority of the Congress committees to subpoena records.
How deep does this darkness run? And how much more of it shall be brought into the light to show to the world all of those evils?
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kickagrandma
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:10pmIf the man opened his mouth, he misled not only Congress, but anyone within earshot.
Report Post »TruthSpeaker
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:19pmhe lied. period.
Report Post »jginmt
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:26pmWho told what Senator to put it into the Stimulus package?
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:10pmUh-Oh The two massa‘s of the United States doesn’t like anyone saying anything against them. I figure that there will some kind of retaliation against him. I wonder if he’s going to be somewhere that a muslim terrorist attacks or if an illegal alien happens to run into him, he will be in trouble.
Report Post »marklross
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:09pmI wonder if the liberal media will pursue with the same gusto the old “who knew what, and when did they know?” – I won’t hold my breath…
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:22pmDon’t. We would lose you as a commenter. Of course they won’t pursue it. They are vested in covering up Obama and his administration until they can no longer ignore what is happening. Then they focus on excusing whatever it is and blaming it on conservatives, Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, Tea Party goers, and most recently Bachman, Ryan, Walker, etc.
Report Post »Bret
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:08amThe Major Media IS the problem. The Major Media will be held responsible. After 2012, you will have the MSNBC cast to pump your gas, cut your lawn, and pick your lettuce…
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:09pmJAIL! Send the dirtbag to prison for murder!
Report Post »Brained
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:14pmOur government is completely illegitimate.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 6:23pmLet’s be clear here. Mislead is what the Dem’s always say. The ole fashioned term is best…LIAR…or just conveniently forgot to tell Congress. Give me a ^^^^ break. All you sheep just lap up whatever they tell you.
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