Eric Holder to Meet Face-to-Face With Darrell Issa Tuesday to Discuss ‘Fast and Furious’
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Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to meet with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and other lawmakers Tuesday evening where he will supposedly provide additional documents relating to operation “Fast and Furious” that his administration previously withheld, CNN reports.
However, Holder now wants top congressional Democrats involved in the meeting including Pat Leahy (D-Vermont), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
If Holder follows through with his offer, the meeting will take place the day before the House Oversight Committee is scheduled to consider a vote on whether or not to hold the attorney general in contempt.
Issa, the chairman of the House committee, in a letter last Wednesday told Holder could postpone the vote if he turned over the documents. Further, he told the attorney general that he wanted the documents in question turned over before the scheduled meeting and also said that Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) – one of Holder’s harshest critics – should attend.
(Related: Read Darrell Issa’s Ultimatum to Eric Holder)
Though Holder agreed to a Tuesday meeting in a letter on Monday, he also said he would not provide the documents before the meeting as Issa requested.
More from CNN:
Justice officials and Issa’s committee have been battling for months over the materials sought by the chairman, with Issa accusing the attorney general of stonewalling the investigation into Fast and Furious.
The Justice Department says it already has handed over more than 7,000 pages of records to House investigators, and says the remaining material Issa wants could jeopardize criminal prosecutions.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives launched Operation Fast and Furious out of Arizona to track weapons purchases by Mexican drug cartels.
However, it lost track of more than 1,000 firearms that the agency had allowed straw buyers to carry across the border, and two of the lost weapons turned up at the scene of the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Issa and Grassley have accused Holder and other top Justice Department officials of withholding requested documents and misleading them about when they first learned of the program.
Holder recently called the contempt charges being threatened against him an “impending constitutional crisis,” but the attorney general is hoping this last-ditch effort will be enough to at least delay the charges.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) File photo.
“We expect that this extraordinary accommodation will fully address the remaining concerns that you and House Leadership have identified in your written and oral communications to the Department over the last few weeks,” Holder wrote in a separate letter to Issa last week.
Issa remains skeptical.
“While I do have substantial concerns that these documents may not be sufficient to allow the committee to complete its investigation, delivery of these documents to the committee before the scheduled consideration of contempt at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, would be sufficient to justify the postponement of the proceeding to allow for the review of materials,” Issa wrote on Friday.
This story has been updated.
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Comments (58)
Bernice Durdan-Rowland
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:08pmObama has created Constitutional Crises many times already, one more won’t hurt ! He creates a crises every time he opens his mourth, either that or another lie !!!!
Don’t like closed door meetings, Cong. Darrell Issa better NOT cave into “bribery” – IF and I say IF – he does, he will be no better than the other congressmen and women that have caved into Obama on the healthcare some months ago !!!!!!
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:18pmNo matter what the contempt charges must stand and no closed door meetings they are BS. They had every oppertunity.
Congressman Issa do not cave in to these people that are destroying, what used to be, the greatest country on the face of this earth
Report Post »db321
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:15pmI really do beleave Issa will not cave. I have admired his courage so far and this committee has Obama and Holder on the ropes. Go get um, with the full weight of the law.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:41pmGood. Once Issa calls Holder out over Fast and Furious, I want Issa to go ALL OUT over the leaks of classified info to the Lap Dog Lefty Media. This may be our only chance of reigning in these Lefty propaganda pushers with their anti-American agenda. The media is as big a danger to American freedoms as the Obama Administration. They are joined at the hip. And we need a hip replacement Fast !
Report Post »Santa Cruz Kid
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:32pmA closed door deal in the works equals SELLOUT!
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:57pmEpic Holdup is stalling to take pressure off of his boss. He has no intention of furnishing anything useful to Issa and the committee. Holdup and Sweet Old Barack are convinced that they are smarter than the rest of America and can keep side stepping indefinately.
OMG Nov 6,2012
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:01pmIs this a deal with Holder or Achmadinajad? Can’t tell the players without a scorecard.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:30pmSo Holder is bringing along “top level Democrats ” to this little meeting ? Oh, let me guess what that means….
Report Post »needmoinfo
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:42pmPray Issa has a will of iron. Hang on 24 hours and put Congress to the test.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:23pmThis needs to be on C-span.
Report Post »needmoinfo
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:12pmCivil lawsuits to follow. What hear you from Mexico? Over 300 American and Mexican dead equals at least 1000 closely related grieving relatives. Much more likely to be compensated in American courts. Especially as American’s hearts go out to our murdered Border Patrolmen. This is only getting started.
Report Post »needmoinfo
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:58pmOh joy. Knowing full well that he is a liability to Obama and Obama not as omnipotent (or loyal) as he thought, might Holder throw Obama under the bus and be acclaimed by the multitudes? Making Obama (with his conniving minions behind him and vast abiity to lie his way out of anything) a co-conspiritor could actually help Holder defend himself. Because you can bet the farm Obama is only thinking how to clear himself. Obama cannot be trusted as far as you can pick up and throw the White House. Has Holder reached that point of enlightenment? Give up the spotlight to Obama and off himself? Is he that smart?
Report Post »Kathleen3
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:56pmIs there ONE Republican who possesses a spine? If we had the type of Congress we deserve Holder would have been tried, convicted, and sent to prison over a year ago. I am growing weary and resentful of our tax dollars being spent on this Dog and Pony Show that never ends.
Report Post »needmoinfo
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:49pmA chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link. Obama may yet throw Holder under the bus and thus transfer over 300 deaths and counting to him alone. Grandma and Rev. Wright will keep him company.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:45pmI wonder if Larry and the other Darrell will be with him…
Congress is a joke at this point….
Report Post »johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 12:47amCongress is past being a joke, they’re in on the treason.
If you want to see how badly corrupted our politicians have become, even the so-called “conservatives,” go to Frank Gaffney’s web site http://www.muslimbrotherhoodinamerica.com and click on Segment Six. A north Virginia congressman, Eric Cantor, is up to his butt in all that Saudi campaign cash. So is our Governor McDonnell and AG Ken Cuccinelli.
Ain’t all the cash luscious, boys, ain’t it luscious? Who cares about the Republic?
Report Post »needmoinfo
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:42pmMark June 20, 2012 in your calendar. The day when Congress stands up to the plate loaded for bear. I believe in the American way, our Congress and our Constitution. Bring it on.
Report Post »lugger2010
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:41pm….And hopefully, Holder will be greeted by a multiple page criminal indictment, and a pair of orange coveralls w/ matching handcuffs.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:16pmUgh the arrogant da and the smirk make me sick…..and the double talk spin is absolutely disgusting….if Issa caves we are in lots more trouble than we can imagine! I hope they holder for contempt (smirk) puke….
Report Post »Laken
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:07pmAs long as Eric Holder is Attorney General…we are NOT a nation of laws…
IMPEACH Holder..P e t i t i o n
http://action.freedomworks.org/6851/tell-congress-to-investigate-eric-holder/?source=AWEHT2&gclid=CPr8i_zmzbACFcVk7AodlRQ0Wg
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:16pmAs long as Obama is president, we are no longer a nation of the peope, by the people and for the people.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:18pmAnd as long as Obama is president, we are no long a nation “of the people, by the people and for the people”. Last Friday put a stamp on that.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:46pmSurprise us Issa and move forward on this contempt charge and insist on Holder’s resignation. Get some balls!!!!
Report Post »Laken
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:09pmThings We CAN Do RIGHT NOW!!!!! Sign Gov. Jan Brewer’s Petition….And Support HER In This Fight…
http://www.janpac.com/
Report Post »Laken
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:09pmLike The White House Insider Says…..Eric Holder IS The Firewall For Obama. If We Can Remove Holder THEN We Have A Window Of Opportunity To Take Down Obama.
Report Post »needmoinfo
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:05pmObama still delivering edicts and bypassing Congress. No wonder his boy Holder thinks he can get away with what he did. Holder must be dealt with for the deaths of two agents and 300 Mexican citizens. An example must be set or Congress can just put on their hats and go home. We stand on our Constitution or fall to dictatorship.
Report Post »ps How many people have died by now? And how many more to come from these same guns? Tragic misuse of power to make a candidate look good in an election.
biohazard23
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:43pmIssa better not hold his breath waiting for those docs.
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:57pmExactly….I‘m sure he’ll meet with him, he won’t tell the truth of course. This administration is pathetic.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KYopiOWbjs
Cemoto78
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:09pmNow he wants to set the rules. Refuse the meeting and hold this crook in contempt and be done with it. Or has congress lost all of it’s power………….
Report Post »Justus39
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:42pmI suspect this is nothing more than a meeting where Holder will lay the facts on the table of the corruption in Congress and “Blackmail” Issa. This Justice Department is not below anything. The most corrupt in my lifetime I suspect!
Report Post »needmoinfo
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:38pmAny pressure Obama can bring to bear on the outcome of the Fast and Furious Fiasco is nothing to compare to his chances for re-election. The people have the whip hand until November. There must be no backing down.
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:35pmHolder should be arrested, but he has too much voter fraud to do for Hussein Barrack to steal the election, so he will do nothing.
If Oblamer steals the election, which is the only thing Holder cares about, then Holder keeps his job. Oblamer is going to lose the election, because American knows how pathetic Obalmer is, but if he doesn’t lose then Holder and his fraud team won.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:33pmKeep praying for justice for Brian Terry and all of the others whom we probably haven’t even heard of. It would make my day to see this corrupt administraton get what is coming to them before the election.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:32pmIssa is geting stonewalled and I predict nothing will be revealed of value in their meeting. The problem is that people like Issa and other Republicans have the goods on Holder but do not have the guts to ‘pull the trigger’ (figuratively speaking) to get things in motion to impeach this piece of racist garbage or even put him in jail. The whole bunch in d.c. are trash.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:08pmDon’t fall for it, its a stall game.
Report Post »voxpopuli2012
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:31pmMy thought exactly.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:41pmThey’re not going to do anything with this> Its been a year and nothing has been handled properly, it won’t change now. They’re afraid of him, he will follow obama orders and stall… DO Nothing Congress…..
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:08pmTime to GO TO JAIL
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:03pmgood work issa hopefully more planned false flags get exposed like this and folks behind get punished.
Report Post »million
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:02pmThis is nothing less than being an accessory to murder. If I were to provide a gun to Joe Blow and said Joe Blow was to take that gun and attempt to rob a bank and shot and killed someone in the process, I would be arrested as an accessory to second degree murder at least. There are hundreds of innocent Mexican nationals that have been murdered with the the guns that the obama administration provided to some of the most evil people in the world. Stepping down would seem like a slap on the wrist compared to what should be taking place. Where is the outrage from our so called elected officials that are treating this like some ten year old might have shoplifted a Snickers bar at a gas station. Load help us.
Tea anybody?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 4:51pmThe outcome will be this: Holder will spin, stall, block, obstruct and outright lie to make sure nothing is given over that endangers the administration.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:04pmSummed it up well SNOW … I am just glad that it isn’t a “one on one” meeting .. I smelled a hit on Issa .. you know .. the Chicago way ;-)
Report Post »bpodlesnik
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:45pmDoubtful. Holder can dip, dodge, duck, and dive to try and get away from the corner he is stuck in, but I‘m confident it won’t happen. He’s done for.
Report Post »needmoinfo
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:04pmEverybody must be lookinh over their shoulder at this point from the top down in the Admnistration, including Holder, Issa, and members of Congress. Mexican standoff.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:26pmI’m betting on some LEAKED information on Issa to be front page in the New York Times tomorrow. That is how the Far Left uses their Lap Dog Media as their mouthpieces in the form of “news.” Just like they did with Zimmerman and his wife. The Media is the Obama Enforcer of their Character Assassination Squad. Been doing that for the past 3 1/2 years…
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