PA Bill Number: HB1472
Title: In primary and election expenses, further providing for reporting by candidate and political committees and other persons and for late contributions ...
Description: In primary and election expenses, further providing for reporting by candidate and political committees and other persons and for late contrib ...
Last Action: Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT
Last Action Date: Apr 22, 2024
House oversight committee schedules contempt vote for Holder :: 06/11/2012
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a vote for next week to consider holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over the controversial Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released a 64-page memo in early May outlining the case for holding the attorney general in contempt. The chairman based his argument around Holder's failure to respond to an October 2011 subpoena for internal Justice Department documents on the operation.
The committee's vote for contempt is scheduled for June 20.
"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," Issa said in a statement Monday, accusing Holder of having "failed to meet his legal obligations."
He said the Justice Department has "obstructed the investigation," adding that the department "can still stop the process of contempt" by delivering key documents.
In a separate statement, House Speaker John Boehner said the department is "out of excuses."
The Justice Department maintains that it has cooperated with the investigation and provided thousands of documents. Holder has testified before the committee at least eight times about Fast and Furious, most recently on Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee.
Issa grilled Holder in a particularly heated exchange where he accused the attorney general of failing to answer questions about the investigation.
"Have you and your attorneys produced internally the materials responsive to the subpoenas?" Issa asked.
"We believe that we have responded to the subpoenas," Holder began.
"No. Mr. Attorney General, you're not a good witness. A good witness answers the question asked," Issa snapped.
Read more : http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/11/house-oversight-committee-schedules-contempt-vote-for-holder/
By Chad Pergram , Cristina Marcos -Published June 11, 2012
