Alleged
failure to honor subpoenas
Washington
– The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
said today it is preparing a Contempt of Congress citation for
Attorney General Eric Holder.
Though
a final decision on issuing the citation hasn't been made, an
official said the citation could be avoided if the Justice Department
produces documents sought by the committee regarding Operation Fast
and Furious. The official is unnamed in published reports because he
has not been authorized to make a statement on the subject.
In
Operation Fast and Furious, U.S. agents hoping to track weapons
allowed hundreds of guns to flow from U.S. gun shops in Arizona into
Mexico. Two of the guns were later discovered at the scene of the
killing of a U.S. border agent.
The
committee has subpoenaed nearly two dozen categories of documents on
the Fast and Furious operation, but no documents have been produced
from a dozen of those categories, the official said.
The
Justice Department wrote Chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA, a letter dated
April 19, saying it was regularly producing requested documents.
"We
have provided documents to the committee at least twice every month
since late last year as part of the department's ongoing efforts to
comply with the committee's subpoenas and other requests for
information," wrote Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich.
holder is a dangerous man to a free society
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