Politics & Government

Temecula's Congressman Holds Attorney General in Contempt

The congressman is taking legal action against a high-ranking White House official for failing to deliver information on a botched gun-smuggling bust.

 

Darrell Issa, Temecula's congressman and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, distributed a staff briefing paper and draft of the contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder to Members of the Oversight Committee. 

The briefing paper explains what happened in Operation Fast and Furious, the hardships faced by the family of fallen Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in getting truthful answers about his death, how agents who blew the whistle on the reckless operation have faced retaliation and the carnage in Mexico that Fast and Furious has helped fuel.

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To read the briefing, click on the PDF file above.

“This briefing paper and draft contempt report explains the case, to both Members of the Committee and the American people, for holding Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress,” said Issa. “In describing the results of the Justice Department’s refusal to cooperate – including the hardships the family of a fallen Border Patrol agent have faced in seeking the truth, and retaliation against agents who blew the whistle on gunwalking – this briefing paper provides the facts, on which decisions will be made.” 

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-- By Frederick R. Hill, spokesperson for Congressman Darrell Issa


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