Issa drops bombshell letter at Holder contempt hearing

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
6/30/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

Release of letter would normally be considered illegal

As a debate raged on the floor of Congress over contempt proceedings for Attorney General Eric Holder, the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform, Darrell Issa, (R-CA) inserted a letter into the Congressional Record. His dropping of the letter would normally be considered illegal, except Issa is protected by a clause in the Constitution.

It keeps getting worse for Holder.

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WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - The letter contains information about wiretap applications that would tell anyone reading them what tactics were being used in the operation. The information in the letter directly contradicts statements by the Attorney General that such information did not exist in the applications.

Normally the letter would be kept from the public because they are under court seal, however Issa's dropping the letter is technically protected under the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution. That clause is intended to protect members of the legislature from arrest while on their way to cast votes on measures to which a president would object.

Holder has stated previously that such information did not exist, and the letter now stands on the record in stark opposition to that claim. The wiretap applications were signed by senior Department of Justice (DOJ) officials which makes it unlikely that Holder was ignorant of their contents.

The ongoing hearings are linked to Fast and Furious, a botched DOJ attempt to gain information on Mexican drug cartels. The plan was to smuggle US weapons across the border into Mexico then see at which crime scenes they turned up. However, the weapons were lost and have never been recovered. Two were found at a murder scene where US Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry was killed. Hundreds of deaths in Mexico are also thought connected to the missing weapons.

The letter submitted by Issa contains specific details including exactly who bought how many guns and for how much. It also says how many guns were recovered in Mexico. The letter also contains financial information on each of four purchasers listed in the letter. Four men paid some $373,000 in cash for the weapons despite having no income reported for the previous year, an obvious sign of cartel smugglers.

With new revelations now made public, it is likely that pressure will mount against Eric Holder and the Democrats in Congress who want to protect him, and the President from scandal.

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Keywords: Issa, Holder, Fast and Furious, letter, contempt, wiretaps

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Esther Marie Ventura Ferencz
10 months ago
I disagree w.the first poster in that this letter is of extreme import . There is now definitive ' visable 'proof' that Holder HAD to know. Thus rendering him OUT. If only as the article states to protect BHO. CORRUPTION has its claws in all politics, and politicans. This is said with great sadness, as we like to think we can trust someone or ones. This seems lesser and lesser so. Power corrupts and makes the person feel as a god of sorts.... this has been known throughout history. Its so important all of us w.a modecum of intelligence keep ever vigilent. NOT that we can and will ensure anything. Only that we can personally KNOW. Knowledge is wealth and Wisdom is the FOUNTAIN of life. Yet we have 80% of voters who know NOTHING about what, who and backgrounds of people who claim to be one thing and later we find out the real poison they are. Voters BEWARE.
Harold Olsen
10 months ago
It doesn't matter what is in the letter. Congress will take no real action against him Find him in contempt? So what? They won't do anything about it. They are accomplices to Obama's corrupt regime. They've pretty much given Obama and his regime carte blanche to do as they please, right along with the Supreme Court. Traitors all!

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