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Justice Department will not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder

Matt 2012/06/30 16:11:48
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By Agence France-Presse
Saturday, June 30, 2012 2:15 EDT

The US Justice Department said it would not prosecute Attorney
General Eric Holder over his refusal to hand over documents on a botched
gun-running operation to Congress, even after the House of
Representatives held him in contempt.


In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, Deputy Attorney General
James Cole said the Justice Department had “determined that the attorney
general’s response to the subpoena issued by the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform does not constitute a crime.”


“Therefore the department will not bring the congressional contempt
citation before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute the
attorney general,” Cole wrote.


Justifying
his refusal, Cole cited a “longstanding position” of the Justice
Department not to prosecute officials for withholding documents
“pursuant to a presidential assertion of executive privilege.”


Cole reminded Boehner that former Republican presidents Ronald Reagan
and George W. Bush had asserted the same privilege in their dealings
with Congress.


The refusal came after US lawmakers on Thursday took the historic and
controversial step of holding Holder in contempt over the gun-tracking
operation known as Fast and Furious.


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  • Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/06/30 19:10:59
    It's Only Murder And Illegal Drugs. What's The Problem ?
    Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆
    +12
    Murder, illegal drugs, and the desire to validate some highly dubious statistics. "Ninety percent of all the guns that the Mexican gangsters have come from America!"

    And the people said, "Bunk!"

    And the government said, "Oh, yeah? We'll show you!"

    And so they "threw down" 2000 guns on the Mexican side.

    And then they said, "There! Yasee? What did we tell you? Now give up those guns!"

    And somewhere in the process, a good man, just doing his duty, died in the line of that duty.

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  • Dark Knight 2012/07/19 01:57:38
  • ur XLNC 2012/07/18 21:03:04
    Executive Privilege Trumps Truth And Justice !
    ur XLNC
    Read "Injustice", by J. Christian Adams. The DoJ needs to be renamed...."Dept. of RACIAL PAYBACK"! This so-called Executive in the White House is a RACIST that is protecting another RACIST by the name of Eric Holder!
  • momma-on-the-hit-list 2012/07/15 23:54:21
    It's Only Murder And Illegal Drugs. What's The Problem ?
    momma-on-the-hit-list
    +2
    They can't all their hands are dirty. Anyone see the little "tid bit" of the ex wife of Marc Rich giving up here citizenry?????? It got me thinking, now I see why. There is a whole lot of "connecting the dots" here.

    Obama/Clinton/Holder/Marc Rich and the Communist Weather Underground Pardons
    http://wramsite.com/forum/top...
    Holder's role in the pardons of BLA comrades/Weather Underground members, Rosenberg and Evans

    As Deputy Attorney General, Holder, as The Washington Post explained, 'was the gatekeeper for presidential pardons.' Indeed, Holder was a key figure entrusted with the task of vetting the Clinton administration's 176 last-minute pardons in January 2001. The beneficiaries of those pardons included such notables as former Weather Underground members Susan Rosenberg (who was involved in the deadly 1981 armed robbery of a Brink's armored car) and Linda Evans (who had used false identification to buy firearms, harbored a fugitive, and was in possession of 740 pounds of dynamite at the time of her arrest in 1985). Disgraced President Bill Clinton pardoned both women in January 2001. Don't forget Israeli dual citizen-swindler Marc Rich(Reich), who escaped justice with billion's to Israel.
  • Fashionable60s 2012/07/04 19:06:58
    Our Next Election Will Fix Things !
    Fashionable60s
    +1
    You can book it.
  • momma-o... Fashion... 2012/07/16 00:07:25 (edited)
    momma-on-the-hit-list
    +2
    No government should be worshiped as much as it is.
    There is no "choice" they are two sides of the same coin. They are all related!
    http://newsfeed.time.com/2011...
    http://www.oilempire.us/cousi...

    Better watch this, blood line is more important then anything to them.

  • Carl 2012/07/04 01:50:29
    It's Only Murder And Illegal Drugs. What's The Problem ?
    Carl
    +1
    Besides, you don't ask the fox to guard the hen house.
  • aherbert 2012/07/03 19:00:12
    Maybe Something Else . . .
    aherbert
    There is nothing to prosecute Holder for ... no one has time for the GOP witch hunt! fast and furious gop witch hunt
  • Ken 2012/07/02 04:38:40
    It's Only Murder And Illegal Drugs. What's The Problem ?
    Ken
    +1
    It's like the sheriff arresting himself, not going to happen.
  • chas 2012/07/02 01:14:24
    Our Next Election Will Fix Things !
    chas
    +1
    somewhat.
  • truthman 2012/07/01 21:25:21
    Maybe Something Else . . .
    truthman
    +1
    I sure did enjoy watching him squirm for the last year though. It doesnt suprise me that he wont be prosecuted. He should be at least fired or something. But his buddy Obama will not do a damn thing.
  • SK-LIBERTY OVER EQUALITY 2012/07/01 19:03:53
    It's Only Murder And Illegal Drugs. What's The Problem ?
    SK-LIBERTY OVER EQUALITY
    +1
    Having the Justice dept investigating Eric Holder is like Charles Manson conducting his own parole board review.
  • Marianne™ 2012/07/01 19:00:14
  • shadow76 2012/07/01 08:27:57
    It's Only Murder And Illegal Drugs. What's The Problem ?
    shadow76
    +2
    The only difference between this, besides the murder, is that the crooks are socialist lib, dems, and Nixon. is They hated him, and they love socialist libs.
  • mwg0735 2012/07/01 07:32:57
  • Matt mwg0735 2012/07/01 20:45:52
  • TheTruth1313 2012/07/01 06:50:47
    It's Only Murder And Illegal Drugs. What's The Problem ?
    TheTruth1313
    +1
    Once again this administration continues to prove to be the most corrupt in the history of this country. I wonder how the dictator in chief(or his masters) managed to pay for this bit of injustice.
  • Christine/Rest in peace Pet... 2012/07/01 06:34:27
    Our Next Election Will Fix Things !
    Christine/Rest in peace Peter Br
    +3
    Is this any surprise. Did anyone really think that the Justice Dept would investigate thier own top dog? No, they need to save all thier resources going after states that try to protect themselves from illegal invasions, or that do not tow the line in the new America makeover
  • stevmackey 2012/07/01 05:23:08
    Executive Privilege Trumps Truth And Justice !
    stevmackey
    +2
    It only works for the crooked.
  • Ambassador II 2012/07/01 03:55:21
    Maybe Something Else . . .
    Ambassador II
    +3
    Only the most driven RWNJ could have ever believed that an Attorney General would be prosecuted over a cheap bit of political theater such as this. Really, did you believe this
    would do more than attract some media for a few days and then be shelved as things of importance moved on to center stage? This ploy has been around for more than 100 years, appearing in nearly every election year. Ho Hum.
  • Matt Ambassa... 2012/07/01 04:10:34
    Matt
    +4
    It is really a shame when the murder of border control personnel becomes "Ho Hum" !
  • Red_Horse Matt 2012/07/01 06:03:25
  • Ambassa... Matt 2012/07/02 04:23:11 (edited)
    Ambassador II
    Guns don't kill people, people kill people, as the NRA and Republican agenda reminds us constantly. Believe that? The Border agent was killed by a Mexican drug gang member. He died without apologizing, and the gun, of course, is not capable of apologizing. Now, where does your little tale of wrongdoing go from there. Want to hear a tale of real woe? Ronald Reagan and his Administration gave millions of guns to Hussein which became the weapons that took the lives of more than 12,000 American children in the past decade in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, that is less of a "Ho Hum" don't you think? Should we indict and try Reagan and the two Bushes for feeding the Taliban these weapons and all that followed?
  • Matt Ambassa... 2012/07/02 14:52:11
    Matt
    I've already cited Oliver North below. It's not some of them, it's ALL of them. We have been giving billions of dollars in weapons yearly to Israel, Pakistan, and Egypt, also, for several years now. Don't think that those will not come back to haunt us.
  • Ambassa... Matt 2012/07/02 21:43:51
    Ambassador II
    +1
    Indeed, I do think those weapons are used every day against our military and to arm all sides of the conflicts throughout the Mideast, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan, Ivory Coast, and fifty other places. That is the plan, to "destabilize" these countries, hoping the "domino theory" of Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and a thousand "Christian" preachers will topple the Dictators and governments there and all the citizens will begin to sing "America the Beautiful" and "Jesus Loves Me".
    Besides, the military-industrial corporations make hundreds of $Billions of profits each year from this "foreign aid" and covert operations. It is just one of several such games we engage in, all in the name of making some money for the players.
  • Bob DiN 2012/07/01 03:29:11
    Our Next Election Will Fix Things !
    Bob DiN
    +3
    Not surprising. What else would you expect from the most corrupt adminisration in US History.
  • texasred 2012/07/01 02:59:43
    It's Only Murder And Illegal Drugs. What's The Problem ?
    texasred
    +4
    I'm not surprised. First, he's their boss and second, he's brought in plenty of cronies to cover his back. The most disgusting thing is Holder's and Obama's attitudes:

    geez
  • Peewee 2012/07/01 02:37:50
    It's Only Murder And Illegal Drugs. What's The Problem ?
    Peewee
    +5
    At least Richard Nixon had the decency to do the right thing. You'll never see these two admit a mistake let alone responsibility for anything.
  • SW 2012/07/01 02:23:02
    Congress Doesn't Have The Right To See Government Documents !
    SW
    +1
    What part of "documents pursuant to an ongoing investigation which could put the lives of agents and informants in jeopardy." do these bitches not understand?

    Do I trust congressional leaders with a single digit approval rating who's stated sole purpose is to make sure Obama fails at any cost (and America along with him if need be) with vital information about an ongoing investigation? NO. They will f-it up any way they can. It's what they do, they're Republicans.

    Remember when Alberto Gonzalas just didn't show up for a congressional hearing? Of course you don't --the so called "liberal media" didn't spend much time on it.

    Gonzalas attorney firing scandal... Congressional hearing... doesn't show up.. Gets away with it. America outraged over death of Anna Nicole Smith.

    Holder fast and furious... congressional hearing... answers questions... gives up 7000+ document.... Burn him! He's a witch!

    And it's not "selling" or "running guns" what they did --what the WHOLE thing is about is NOT confiscating some guns they could have --in hopes to get up the ladder to the bigger fish just like they do with undercover drug dealers ---anyone who's seen Miami Vice knows how this works... It's not some sinister Obama plot to impose communism and shira law at the same time while he secretly takes your guns, outlaws Christmas and send you to a FEMA camp.
  • Matt SW 2012/07/01 03:22:49
    Matt
    +1
    The guns should have been "chipped". We have the technology.
  • Ambassa... Matt 2012/07/01 03:58:00 (edited)
    Ambassador II
    Do you know that they are not and that might be the reason Holder is telling these nutcases that covert operations of the nation are not for public consumption?
  • Matt Ambassa... 2012/07/01 04:13:46
    Matt
    Not without the subpoenaed documents. It seems to me that Holder could have shared this info with a few trusted, leakproof democrats.
  • Ambassa... Matt 2012/07/01 04:43:18
    Ambassador II
    +2
    There are no persons in Congress who could be trusted to not leak the names of operatives involved or details of the operations. Deaths of those involved would then be blamed on Holder and Obama in the same manner wingnuts seek to blame them for the death of a border agent and others would blame GWB for the 8,000+ deaths of Americans in Iraq. Covert operations are just that ...COVERT....not for publication or "sharing" with anyone without "need to know". None of the Committee have an need to know. They are nothing short of disappointments, freeloading on the public payroll and doing nothing for the people except making political theater.
  • Matt Ambassa... 2012/07/01 05:39:12 (edited)
    Matt
    That is when we really need to ask ourselves, "are these covert operations beneficial to the interests of the American people?" Our current CIA budget is about $80 billion per year. That is almost $220 million per day, in order to protect and serve the global economy which has cost our country millions of jobs.

    Could you possibly think of a better use for this kind of money ?
  • Ambassa... Matt 2012/07/01 06:04:38
    Ambassador II
    +1
    I suppose we could give most of it to Haliburton Corp and Blackhawk Corp, and let them "come out of the closet", so to speak, reveal themselves as covert fronts for CIA operations across the world. The $80 Billion is just the seed money that is a line item in the Budget, a fraction of the funds available to CIA through it's many covert fronts. Obviously our "Security" operations is a government within our Government, and has been that way since shortly after WWII. Want another 9/11 style attack, maybe worse? Just mess with the operations in Foggy Bottom and watch what happens.
  • SW Matt 2012/07/16 19:07:04
    SW
    Maybe *they have the technology to detect the chips.
  • norman 2012/07/01 00:29:04
    Maybe Something Else . . .
    norman
    +4
    Just the run-of-the-mill political posturing standard for both parties. All presidents claim executive privilege and all opposition Congress' try to frame it as something extraordinary and unique. It is neither.
  • unclepat 2012/07/01 00:22:22
    Maybe Something Else . . .
    unclepat
    +4
    What? You expected Holder to arrest himself? For what? To satisfy the witch hunt brought forth by a bunch of assclowns who fully well know that no crime has been commited? Please!
  • Idiot repubs 2012/07/01 00:21:48
    Maybe Something Else . . .
    Idiot repubs
    +10
    Bush shouldn't have started the program.
  • Matt Idiot r... 2012/07/01 00:46:57
    Matt
    +3
    It has been going on for decades...
    Oliver North gunrunning
  • SW Matt 2012/07/01 02:25:35
    SW
    +2
    "Well... eh.... My fellow Americans.... eh.... I don't recall..." --R Reagan.

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