Holder Wants Transcript of Whistleblower Meeting

Posted by Jim Spence on Friday, August 19, 2011
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The Daily Caller - New details about Operation Fast and Furious cast doubt on the ability of the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General to conduct an “independent” and fair investigation, congressional Republican investigators say. The information comes via a letter Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday. In it, they question a request from Holder for a transcript from a meeting they held in secret on July 4th with Ken Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Holder apparently told Issa and Grassley he was requesting the transcript for the DOJ and for the Office of the Inspector General — the entity that’s supposed to be distinct enough from Holder’s office to conduct a fair Operation Fast and Furious investigation. Holder and other DOJ officials have repeatedly said the DOJ’s Inspector General is conducting its own internal investigation into what went wrong with Fast and Furious. Even so, Holder’s latest request on behalf of the OIG sparks skepticism from investigators in Congress. Read full story here: News New Mexico
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Anonymous said...

Why isn't there an investigation into what Holder knew and when he knew it? If this was a republican AG the democrats would be frothing at the mouth for a resignation. The double standard applied in this situation is a textbook example of the routine unethical behavior of the Obama administration. This country is so inundated with problems that the amount of attention that can be given to this debacle is limited.

August 19, 2011 at 8:38 AM

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