Contents tagged with Contempt
Filed in: US Constitution | by Jay Sekulow | 1:46 PM Jun. 28, 2012
AG Contempt Vote: Congressional Stonewalling has Consequences
The contempt vote in the House against the Attorney General Holder underscores the serious nature of his refusal to cooperate with subpoenas issued to get to the bottom of Fast and Furious. The vote sends a powerful message - there are consequences to stonewalling and to providing false and misleading information to Congress. And it clears the way for this issue to be addressed in the courts. The fact is the Department of Justice provided the Congressional committee with a letter that was incor... Continue Reading
Filed in: US Constitution | by Edward White | 4:43 PM Jun. 20, 2012
Fast and Furious, Executive Privilege, and a Suspected Cover-Up
As I explained previously, last month Congress began moving toward holding Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt for his stonewalling concerning Congress’s valid inquiry into the Operation Fast and Furious scandal. Fast and Furious was an Obama Administration plan to allow guns to get into the hands of members of Mexican drug cartels in the hope that the members could be arrested and prosecuted. The plan did not work. The smuggled guns wound up being used by criminals, especia... Continue Reading
Filed in: US Constitution | by Jay Sekulow | 11:12 AM Jun. 20, 2012
Attorney General Holder Must Resign
When the news about Operation Fast and Furious first reached American citizens one of the first things we were told is that the President and the White House were not involved. Now after a year of providing false and misleading information to Congress we have reason to doubt that statement as well. Attorney General Holder and Congressional leaders, including Rep. Darrell Issa, met yesterday in a final attempt to get the Attorney General and the Department of Justice to turn over the documents t... Continue Reading
Filed in: US Constitution | by Jay Sekulow | 2:17 PM Jun. 19, 2012
Last Chance for AG Holder on Fast & Furious?
A meeting between Rep. Issa and Attorney General Holder is scheduled to take place late today. Here's the question: will the meeting and the documents expected to be produced by Holder be enough to hold off a scheduled contempt of Congress vote against Holder set for tomorrow in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee? We've been talking about this for months. The Attorney General and Justice Department continue to stonewall - failing to produce key information that would explain wh... Continue Reading
