Congressman Labrador Demands Holder’s Resignation, but Obama Claims Holder’s Been ‘Truthful’ on Fast and Furious
by AWR Hawkins
I received an email from Congressman Raúl R. Labrador’s office today, with a letter attached that began thus: “Today, Idaho First Congressional District Congressman Raúl R. Labrador called for the resignation of United States Attorney General Eric Holder after evidence of discrepancies in his previous testimony before the House Committee on the Judiciary was brought to light.”
The letter is dated October 6, 2011.
In the body of the letter, Congressman Labrador wrote pointedly:
“The Attorney General of the United States has an obligation to provide truthful and accurate testimony to Congress. When Attorney General Eric Holder testified before Congress on May 3, his statements were either untrue or deliberately misleading. It is clear from recently-released documents that Mr. Holder did in fact know about Fast and Furious well before he publicly admitted. Attorney General Holder has a troubling pattern of failed cooperation with the legislative branch. Because of this intentional stonewalling and his misleading testimony, I now call for Mr. Holder’s resignation. It is clear he has not been honest about the extent of his involvement with the failed Fast and Furious program and should not be entrusted with managing the Department of Justice.“
When coupled with Congressman Lamar Smith’s (R-TX) call for a Special Counsel to investigate Holder’s statements before Congress, Labrador’s demand for Holder’s resignation may indicate that the tide has turned and that justice is being pursued regarding Fast and Furious.
Of course, President Obama is still a mile behind the curve on this one, and he’s still trying to give the impression that he believes Holder was honest with his answers to the House Oversight Committee on May 3.
Therefore this morning, following a press conference, Obama answered a Fast and Furious question by saying:
“The bottom line is the Attorney General’s testimony to both the House and the Senate was constistent and truthful. He said in both March and May of this year that he became aware of the questionable tactics deployed in the Fast and Furious Operation in early 2011 when ATF agents first raised them publically. He then asked the inspector general to investigate the matter, demonstrating how seriously they took them.”
I like Congressman Labrador’s take on things much better: particularly his assessment that Holder “cannot avoid responsibility for his involvement with a government program that directly led to the tragic death of a decorated U.S. Border Patrol agent.”
Yet while it’s time for Holder to go, he can’t be allowed to go away quietly the way U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke was allowed to do in Phoenix. Instead, he needs to resign and upon resigning he has to be prosecuted for the crimes to which he was an accessory via Fast and Furious.
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he has to be prosecuted for the crimes to which he was an accessory via Fast and Furious.
Anything less will make a mockery of our system!
How could obama say what he said, and deny knowing about Fast and Furious? What does HE, OBAMA, know??
Charge him, Arrest him, then let him resign; just before throwing his a$$ in prison!
Why stop with Holder? His boss is also a known liar.
Hmmm, I'm sure that demand was met with a chuckle or two…..and it wouldn't surprise me none if Bhoner tried to talk him out of sending it.
Don't get me wrong, i appreciate the effort….and this is what's needed, to keep the heat on……but gawd it seems like the entire Republican branch isn't into making waves….
Obama's definition of "Truthful" is coming from a split tongue…. IMHO, he's delusional.
He and his destruction crew are in PANIC MODE and will now resort to anything. Hold on to your boot straps cuz this bull is fighting hard. The corral is getting smaller, the clowns have been knocked out of their barrels & the corral gate that leads to his final doom is double wide.
Well if Obama says Holder is truthful I guess we can all rest peacefully tonight.
NOT!
Obama is now the big LIAR!
…"He said in both March and May of this year that he became aware of the questionable tactics deployed in the Fast and Furious Operation in early 2011"
Fact:
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer informed Holder of a sealed indictment against accused gun traffickers in Arizona by the DOJ’s organized crime and gang section in a memo from November 2010.
Fact:
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Darrell Issa today said that Attorney General Eric Holder received at least five weekly memos beginning in July 2010, including four weeks in a row, describing the ill-advised strategy known as Operation Fast and Furious. The memos were to Holder from Michael Walther, the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center.
See the memos for yourself: http://www.scribd.com/doc/67777030/ATF-10-04-11-H...
Holder needs to be tried and convicted and sent to Super Max prison for the murder of:
Former Marine, police officer, and Border Patrol officer Brian Terry!
this must be some definition of truthful that I am currently unaware of.
It is only a matter of time now….
AG Steadman er Holder is going down like a cold beer in July….
So some obscure Idaho congressman calls for his resignation and this is supposed to make Holder shake in his wing-tips?
Not likely.
This operation spanned multiple agencies across the gov't, including the FBI, ATF and Border Patrol. It could not just be a rogue operation by a few lower-level federal employees. It had to come from the top.
Leave him in there!!! The longer he stays, the longer it will stain Obama……………..and perhaps………………..with all the investigating maybe someone will connect The One!!! This has the capabilty of staining Hillary, and Napolitano as well. Then we can DEMAND resignations.
Let's not have the DOJ have all the fun, why, Hillary has to come out and play too.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/1...
Make no mistake folks, all those who touted the 90% lie were in on this from the get go, or "the beginning". Hillary will have to point at the FBI, as 4473s had to be overcome, and then there is that whole ICE and BP kill to climb as well. Calling Janet Napalitano……….
Hey Cabinet Heads, it is either ALL of you going under the bus, or it is Barry.
Which do you choose? Hmmmm?
If The GunWalker Scandal does not bring this administration and its media cabal down, then it has to be admitted that the republic itself is dead and buried, and along with it any illusion of inalienable rights.
Americans, I ask you plainly, are you going to just ignore this and let Barry and his crew get away with it? Are you just going to look the other way?
Or
Are you going to actually stand up and do something about it?
It is time for TEA Parties, folks, at every newspaper in the country. It is time to demand that print media tell the truth – especially about The GunWalker Scandal. If we do not act, Barry will get away with this, and everything else too.
"Truthful" is kind of like "Due Process" these days.
Its definition of each is whatever government says it is at any given moment.
What is truth?
Watching Obama talk about Fast and Furious I can't help but ask where is his outrage. Outrage that Americans died! Outrage that possibly hundreds of Mexicans died! Outrage that it happened under his watch!
The lack of outrage suggests to me that he is as guilty as Holder. Give them both to Mexico for trial!
DO NOT DO ANYTHING to them until Obumfvck is OUT OF OFFICE in Jan 2013. Once President Cain is sworn-in, THEN indict them all.
NO pardons from President Cain would be forthcoming. Otherwise, Obumfvck issues a blanket pardon bought and paid for by Soros.
http://theantiliberalzone.blogspot.com/
THE ANTI LIBERAL ZONE
It depends on what your definition of 'was' was.
Holder is almost as dirty as his boss, but ZERO has him in spades.
Obama said he had some thing going on about gun control taking place
"under the radar."
Obama knows. Holder is just Obama's temporary fire wall. This under the radar thing was certainly going to appeal to the MSM and they would fall right in line.Maximum destruction to American's 2nd amendment rights.
This is what Democracy looks like: When Obama want Mexicans here to vote for him illegals stay but–when he wants to ban guns Mexicans die!
Those Leftists shouldn't be lecturing us! I'm sure Biden and both Hillary and Bill Clinton had a hand in it.
No one, no one in this administration or on the left would know "truth" if it slapped 'em silly…sillier.
very good point.
Hopefully that traitorous bastard Holder runs right off a cliff, and as he's running, he screams a dying declaration (recorded by multiple devices) that Obama is guilty of treason too for being the top conspirator for Fast and Furious.
SOROS STILL GUILTY:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/063501c2-f02e-11e0...
GUNWALKER: THE FACTS……
http://www.popmodal.com/video/9667/GUNWALKER-THE-...
Obama is still aligning the tires on his campaign bus from the last person he threw under it. Holder is next, and he knows it, but he's such a good serf that he doesn't mind, as long as it helps The Prez.
How cute! A well documented liar claiming that another well documented liar isn't . Both of these scumbags should be in jail for crimes against the American people.
Obama knew about this right along with Holder, Holder does nothing without Obama's approval.
Human life means absolutely nothing to him. His only priority is the total destruction of the US economy. Nothing else could possibly explain his policies to this point.
I think making a mockery of our judicial system has already been crossed off of Holder's "To Do" list. On the plus side, maybe Holder will finally get that big, splashy trial in NYC he's been after….his own.
Gunwalker: Holder Got ‘At Least Five Weekly Memos’ Drama: Eric Holder faces damning evidence, while the White House and MSM rearrange the deck chairs. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/gunwalker-holder-got...
"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."
George Washington
Nicely stated, but you were able to make me thirsty. It is only a matter of time!
His defense in court may be that he was delusional when he made the statement, but here in the real world he's just plain lying. You know, how he has lied about everything else he campaigned on except his "transformation" of America.
But doing this… willitmake the whole case goaway and save Obumer's a$$?
If Obama claims Holder has been truthful, than Obama's a liar too.
Plus "Fast and Furious" was a murderous illegal act. If what Obama is saying is true, then he and holder wouldn't object to pleading their cases and being tried in Mexico….also!
Don't forget Napolitano.
He can resign from prison if that is more expedient.
Yeah. It's located under the Clinton definition of "is" or "sex."
As in "the ends justifies the means"… right out of Rules for Radicals.
Holder is obviously wedded to the principle of the BIG LIE- tell a lie loud enough and repeat long enough, and pretty soon the media will believe in it.
I am thankful your guy had the cajones to speak the truth. We all have to stick together.
O bama says Holder is truthful.
Now there is the word of someone you can trust.
/sarc off
That’s like cutting the tail off of a salamander. It will just grow another. What you need to do is chop off the damn head!
Red, I think you underestimate our less populous states. Keep in mind, each congresscritter's vote counts the same as any other's.
Raúl R. Labrador is exactly right. Nixon stepped down and Clinton was impeached for less. In a sane country Holder and Obama would be sharing a prison cell.
Interesting point.
Quid est veritas? A famous attribution to Pontinus Pilate in the movie "The Passion of the Christ".
The Truth is: Eric Holder is, bar none, the WORST Attorney General this country has EVER had. His resignation should be demanded by everyone interested in equal justice under the law.
Everything.
More "known" every day.
"IMHO, he's delusional."
Don't be "humble." Be loud and proud. You are ABSOLUTELY correct.
I agree!
But it's hard enough to get people to think out and beyond just Holder and Obama. I'm sure there were captains of news industry and the National Lawyers Guild informed, and solicited for comment and advice, as well as all top Democrats (Kerry, Pelosi, Feinstein, Schumer, Frank etc.)
This is some ultra-left planning and think boxing, in which Obama is responsible (as one player of many!). And he alone is the executive in ultimate charge. And expendable! Something he's probably just beginning to realize!
Share the anger! We got a country to save!
Yup – Dear Leader, Biden, Holder and Napolitano (like patriot said here), they all had to know. You can't buy and send 2500 weapons across the border without them clearing the way from the get-go. Someone had to tell FBI and others to let the weapons go across. And I doubt Hillary was kept in the dark – they'd bring the Clintons in on it just because they're experienced at sneaky operations….
I wish I could give you MORE than one thumbs up.
Exactly, why did these so-called protests (which have probably been planned for – for months) happen so 'spontaneously'? If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull$hit.
There IS no "saving obama's ass." Trust me.
OH, how I HATE you.
I pray your right.
For a minute there I thought you were making an analogy about barney and his boyfriend…..
You mean this Hillary? "Hillary Rodham's 1974 Watergate "Procedures were Ethically Flawed" from: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925684/p...
The defecation has hit the oscillation.
Why do I keep hearing an old Warren Zevon song in my head? Something about "money, drugs and lawyers".
Democrats do not give back power….they will Abort America First and silence you next with ObamaCare….they are going to kill you. They are killing you now. It's as if the Anti-Christ has come to America….infected and fetid….it is all dying….right up to the point you stop them permanently…and save us all.
Obama says he knew nothing about it…yet, he knows enough to tell us that Holder was truthful in his testimony…which is it? If Obama knows nothing about it, he should be quiet and welcome an investigation. If he knows something and is lying like Holder…then he comes out with the defense lawyers favorite advice: deny, deny, deny.
Truthfully, Eric Holder has been (and still is) a miserable idiot from the beginning. He is the definition of incompetent, but is a faithful lackey for his boss, Obama. Such faithfulness in a Marxist is amazing.
Perjury to Congress is not a crime just ask Clinton!
I'm waiting for the first Clintonism. My understanding of the definition of lying is…..
One Lawyer calling another Truthful…yeah right.
Oprah and Steadman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjVbypiUOHA
!!
It all depends on what your definition of clintonism is
No one is above the law. But we shall see what excuses they use to keep Eric in office. This is not the 1st time there has been a 'problem with the truth' from this man.
By the way, welcome aboard. It's a fun website.
The drumbeat should continue pounding away at the corruption and obfuscation of this administration as the American people are sick of this type of lying. Its not about sex or any personal matters, its about a material fact related to this investigation of how responsible Holder is. Its obvious this is his baby, and now that Obama has stepped out of the shadows to defend Holder, he is tied to it as well. The longer this goes on, the worse it is for Obama. You'd think these rank amateurs from Chitown would have learned a thing or two from Watergate. As with Nixon, ego makes these syncophants believe they are smart enough to fool us with their word games. Let the drumbeat continue, it will get louder, and louder. Impeachment is not out of the question for Holder, either.
Is is is because if it's isn't, it's isn't.
Say that one ten times fast.
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Guilty or incompetent.
Will employing "special counsel" allow the administration hide this behind closed doors for a long time? If so, let this bleed in public!
Agreed. Eric Holder is running a criminal enterprise using taxpayers' money. Resignation is not enough.
I'm keep wondering why Obama didn't begin his own investigation –from his "level" down. Try to determine the facts.
But then he don't have to try to determine anything! HE KNOWS! And so did holder!
One look at Hillary and I can see why Bill has a tough time with one of those definitions.
Truthful, really. What is this president's definition of truthful?
It appears that Holder's defense its going to be "I'm incompetent."
Just like his boss!
It would be funny if it weren't so SICK!
This could go as high as Janet in Homeland Insecurity, Hillary in the State Department and dare I say it, the Oval Office of the "anointed One" as well, because,,
Operation Fast &Furious involved agents operating in foreign countries, chiefly Mexico therefore the State Department and Homeland Insecurity should have been receiving the same daily or weekly briefings Holder was supposed to be getting from day one DURING the planning phase long BEFORE ANY GUNS WERE SOLD… and more importantly State Department would have needed to authorize the operations before Holder did or OK'ed anything that involved operating in said foreign countries..
How come Hillary Clinton is getting a free pass on this, as Secretary of State, she had to be involved or informed at the very least just like the President simply because of the fact that part of this operation was to be conducted on foreign soil.. Wait a minute, what if Hillary ok'ed this expecting it to come back and bite the President therefore forcing him to "channel" LBJ and not seek a second term as "your" President??
Where's Rod Serling, looks like its Twilight Zone time again..
He's known about Fast and furious since 2009, when 10 Million was appropriated for it in the porkulous bill.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45398
I know! I would love to see her have a nice long stay in one of Sheriff Joe's tents. Maybe they could dredge up a few of her crimes as governor to add a few more years to her stay!
If we are VERY lucky, they will give up Holderror as a sacrificial lamb, and he will spend a few years in Club Fed.
More likely, Obammy gives everybody a pardon, including himself.
Read this in an article: "I do not believe that Obama is clinically schizophrenic, that is, has lost all touch with reality and is experiencing auditory and/or visual hallucination. What Madsen calls “schizophrenia” most likely is the realization on the part of formerly-deluded Americans that Obama is a pathological narcissist."
I would like to add sanctimoniousness to the diagnosis. All Hail "The One" for giving American's the Declaration of Dependence…. Corruption and Tyranny within is spreading like a plague.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. – Thomas Jefferson
Its appropriate, one liar lying for another liar.
Very Proud to be Red, White & Blue – through & through!! I carry pocket Constitutions & gave one to the guy who was writing an estimate for repairs on my car yesterday. Will educate where ever there is an opportunity.
In a sane country, they would already be in front of a wall posing for rifle fire.
Treason is still a capitol offence in this country.
Love it Ashrak, well said.
It really is simple, Obammy doesnt know what the truth is, and he is so used to everybody saying what he says at face value (even if it contradicts what he said 5 min beforehand) that he now just says whatever comes to his (acorn sized) mind. I do believe that obammy lies so much, any truth to escape his lips would cause him physical pain.
A lie told over and over and over again.
by democrats only.
Well of course,
Arrest him first then charge him! I agree with swift he can resign from prison where he can share a cell with his master Barry Soetoro.
We are living in the NEW America…. Welcome to the Kangaroo court system!
I'm going to start be an Eric Holder too:
I have a new favorite saying…. I was UN-A-Ware… could be I didn't hear, or see, or read about it, could be I was daydreaming or texting, could be I misunderstood you entirely, maybe even that I was having an out of the body experience just about the same time……….
Scooter Libby was thrown in jail for what again?
This is a disgrace….. Unbelievable. The people that have had loved ones killed by these weapons need to file law suits against President Obama and Eric Holder for NOT stopping an obviously idiotic boneheaded publicity stunt that has gone exactly the way any clear minded person would know it would happen…. Moron in Chief and his incompetent corrupt evil side kick!
Obama is correct. In so far as Obama defines "truthfulness", then Holder has been truthful. But for the rest of us we are looking at two corrupt liars.
Oh my … I just figured it out…… I now understand completely:
The O man Barack and Eric heard "Fast and Furious" and were thinking …..SEX GAMES……Not gun running!
Totally misunderstood!
Great rendition of a great song. There is a reference in that song to Honduras, which was also another gun running place for a different part of fast and furious.
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