by Mat Staver
Eric
Holder, the United States Attorney General and head of the Obama
Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is about to be charged with
“Contempt of Congress” by House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa.
Chairman
Issa also declared that Holder and the Department of Justice “has blood
on their hands” in the death of Agent Terry and an untold number of
Mexican citizens after reviewing documents that indicated a DOJ cover-up
in their knowledge of the Fast and Furious gun running scheme. A
48 page “citation” is now being drafted charging that Holder and the
DOJ have “obstructed and slowed” the Congressional investigation into
the infamous “Fast and Furious” debacle.
Chairman
Issa and his GOP colleagues on the House Oversight and Government
Reform Committee have long been demanding FULL disclosure over the role
Holder and his Department of Justice (DOJ) cohorts played in the deadly
Fast and Furious gun-walking operation.
Congressman
Issa is livid over the DOJ’s slowness and lack of response, deception,
and potential cover-up activities during the investigation – and he
doesn’t mince his words.
Issa has already labeled Eric Holder as a “hostile witness.”
Earlier this week, Chairman Issa called Obama’s White House “the most corrupt in government history.”
Representative
Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking member of the House Oversight and
Reform Committee, has warned Committee Chairman Congressman Darrell Issa
(R-CA) to “stop the witch hunt” against Attorney General Eric Holder. Citing a letter from Cummings to Issa, Politico reports that Cummings told Issa…
“Holding
someone in contempt of Congress is one of the most serious and formal
actions our Committee can take, and it should not be used as a political
tool to generate press as part of an election-year witch hunt against
the Obama Administration.” A “witch hunt”?
Is
it a “witch hunt” to hold a government official accountable for his
unlawful and unconstitutional actions – or inactions as the case may
be?
The
point is, we should be able to expect more of Eric Holder and the
Department of Justice, as the nation’s top law enforcement officer and
his team of officials, ALL of whom swore to uphold the Constitution and
the laws of the land!
Eric
Holder’s actions at the DOJ are truly a travesty of justice. I believe
that Eric Holder’s tenure as Attorney General is one of the most corrupt
and divisive periods in the history of the Department of Justice.
But
now, as is evidenced by Representative Cumming’s letter,
obstructionists are pulling out all the stops to try and prevent
Congressman Issa and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
from formally charging Attorney General Eric Holder and his Department
of Justice cohorts with “Contempt of Congress.” This not a partisan issue! It’s a JUSTICE issue.
From
the day Eric Holder took his oath of office as Attorney General, his
tenure as our nation's top law enforcement officer can only be described
as one scandakous dereliction of duty after another.