Holder Challenges 'Fast and Furious' Allegations in Scathing Letter to Congress

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[ColdOne]

Attorney General Eric Holder, in his most forceful comments to date about the gunrunning probe known as "Fast and Furious," defended himself Friday in a letter to Congress and accused his Republican critics of making "irresponsible and inflammatory" claims.

The Justice Department released the letter late Friday. It was addressed to top Republican and Democratic lawmakers, and comes in the wake of GOP calls for a special counsel to be appointed to investigate Holder's involvement.

Republicans have released routine memos that appear to show Holder was notified about details of the program as early as summer 2010, though he testified to Congress that he only found out in early 2011.

Holder stood by his claims in the letter.

"I have not spoken at length on this subject out of deference to the review being conducted, at my request, by our Department's Inspector General. However, in the past few days, the public discourse concerning these issues has become so base and so harmful to interests that I hope we all share that I must now address these issues notwithstanding the Inspector General's ongoing review," he wrote.

[ColdOne]

ping

[majormaturity]

Holder is a first class liar. Research his lies concerning the Marc Rich pardon and how he disregarded normal pardon procedures to bring the request directly to Slick Willie without ever running it through DOJ. Removal from office is too gently for Holder. When Cain wins the presidency in November 2010, I predict the DOJ will be returned to its mission of UPHOLDING and ENFORCING our laws, followed by prosecutions of most of the Zero administration.

[OKSooner]

"So what, a couple hundred dead Mexicans, and we lose a couple of our guys too, so what?

You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, y'know.

We gotta do something to get control of all those guns out there."

/s

[gaijin]

**Inflammatory** claims..?

Hey that’s rich, coming from the guy who burned down Waco, a church full of people and kids, right?

Wow.

[ExTexasRedhead]

IMO, way past time for him to resign!

[ctdonath2]

Mr. Holder: why then are you not demanding the heads of those who “walked” arms contrary to US law and to the grave suffering of our southern neighbors?

[hinckley buzzard]

Hitler was routinely righteously indignant when he was accused of wanting war, right up to the invasion of Poland. Eric Holder is his soul-mate.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Holder Challenges 'Fast and Furious' Allegations in Scathing Letter

Let me guess.. "Racists!"

[Hunton Peck]

"...interests that I hope we all share..."

He wants us to share his interest in him hanging around to advance his hate-America-first agenda. That's not surprising, but it ain't gonna happen.

[comebacknewt]

Looks like we’ve finally got his attention.

[februus]

Awesome - only liars act outraged like this - if accusations aren’t true why sweat it? I guess there’s fire beyond the smoke.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Tell it to Bubba.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Holder needs to resign. NOW!

[Hunton Peck]

“Scathing” is the new “desperate,” I guess.

[reagandemocrat]

Yeah, that’s the ticket.

[TigersEye]

• ACORN traffics in underage foreign prostitutes and 0bama cuts out $7 billion dollars of Stimulus cash for ACORN.

• ATF traffics in full-auto weapons to Mexican drug cartels and 0bama's AG doesn't know a thing.

• The CIA traffics in shoulder-fired rockets and other high-powered weapons to a Mexican drug cartel and the SecState knows nothing.

• The DOJ is cutting deals with Mexican drug cartels.

We've got a narco/arms/human slave trafficking Mob Boss in the WH.

[VRW Conspirator]

Prediction: Obama pardons Holder in last minute pardon bonanza in 2012.

[clintonh8r]

He’s “ridin’ dir-taaayyyyy”

[CholeraJoe]

As Congressman Issa stated, “You’re entitled to your own opinion, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.”