Posted on 03/29/2012 4:32:10 PM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON – Two top Republican lawmakers investigating the Fast and Furious controversy are demanding the White House make a former aide available for testimony to see whether the scandal reached the upper echelons of the administration, according to a letter obtained by Fox News.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, fired off the letter Wednesday urging the White House to make available Kevin O'Reilly, a former National Security Council staffer who is currently stationed in Iraq for the State Department.
The lawmakers are giving White House staffers the deadline of April 4 to respond, with Republican aides privately saying the back-and-forth could provoke a showdown over executive privilege if the administration tries to shield O'Reilly from talking to investigators.
Issa and Grassley wrote in the letter that O'Reilly's personal lawyer has told them that he would permit his client to speak to the lawmakers as long as the White House does not object, and they are willing to do the interview by phone to accommodate O'Reilly's work.
"To date, the White House has not complied with multiple congressional requests to interview O'Reilly," the lawmakers wrote to White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler. "Our staffers have had extensive discussions with lawyers in your office, who have represented that the White House does not perceive any need for us to interview O'Reilly and consequently will not make arrangements for him to speak to us."
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The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
Push until they fall over....Ping.
Cool.
Reilly’s the mother lode.
Obama sent him to Iraq last year to prevent him from testifying.
Well, Reilly may not have long to live, now.
Kevin O’Reilly better watch his back! He might trip over an IED!
This is all a big joke. Does anyone think that Issa or his ilk will ever do anything but talk it to death. Congress is such a waist of money. The elites do what they want. This nation is a Banana Republic.
A “heart-attack” after having drinks at a local bar.
If O’Reilly was not in the F&F loop, why would Hussein care if he has a few words with Congress?
Kevin should stay out of C-130s and Ft Marcy Park.....
B U M P
This is all posturing, again! I would love to see this happen. After Issa let Holder call his hand on the subpoena records, Holder & Obama can refuse anything. Holder is good at the coverup. He has no clue what he is doing in his actual job. didn’t they just realize that the fake Mexican Gunrunners were FBI?
” Well, Reilly may not have long to live, now.”
Keep him out of the Brentwood Inn at Sunset & Barrington....
” Well, Reilly may not have long to live, now.”
Keep him out of the Brentwood Inn at Sunset & Barrington....
” If O’Reilly was not in the F&F loop, why would Hussein care if he has a few words with Congress?”
He is in deep trouble, on a number of fronts!
General question. Doesn’t this extend to Hillary since it involves mexico? Has she been asked any questions or given any statements? Maybe she is busy f^&89g up the middle east situation.
That's a Rog. This whole affair has dragged on now for what... about a year and a half now?
These struggles are always long, drawn-out spectacles. So it's a test of perseverance to see if Big Goverment is finally held to task... or gets away with it red-handed.
We don't have time for a protracted dog and pony show.
It’s not a scandal if ABCNNBCBS won’t cover it.
They are GGTV: Gangster Govt TV. They are part of the gang.
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