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Darrell Issa Demands Answers from Eric Holder on 'Operation Choke Point' Bank Shakedown
Breitbart Big Government ^ | 1/9/14 | Michael Patrick Leahy

Posted on 01/09/2014 6:09:42 PM PST by Nachum

Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the Economic Growth Subcommittee, sent a harsh letter to Attorney General Holder Wednesday accusing the Department of Justice of abusing its power and intimidating banks through its "Operation Choke Point." In the letter, Issa and Jordan stated, "[t]he [House Oversight and Government Reform] Committee is concerned that both the goal and mechanisms of Operation Choke Point may constitute a serious mismanagement and abuse of the Department´s FIRREA [Financial Institution Reform and Recovery Act of 1989] authority." Breitbart News broke the

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: banking; bankshakedown; california; choke; darrellissa; deadenddarrell; doj; extortion; holder; holderbanks; holdershakedown; holderspeople; issa; jimjordan; knockoutgame; ohio; operation; operationchokepoint; shakedown
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To: no-s; livius

Well stated indeed. Thanks to you both for trying to enlighten the unenlightened. It’s a tough job getting the truth out, but little by little, one by one we should be able to get them to see there isn’t much more Issa can do until there is a Conservative Senate hopefully in the works this November.


21 posted on 01/09/2014 7:22:58 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Bullish

I wonder if Hans Blick is still available?


22 posted on 01/09/2014 7:26:21 PM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
I wish Issa would stay with one or two investigations and actually finish them.

I second that.

23 posted on 01/09/2014 7:32:08 PM PST by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: Nachum
God, I hope Issa is not holding his breath awaiting an answer from Holder.
24 posted on 01/09/2014 7:35:25 PM PST by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Philip Nolan every day)
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To: Standing Wolf

As Mark Steyn recently wrote: there should be a Congressional Oversight Committee to study the ineffectiveness of Congressional Oversight Committees.


25 posted on 01/09/2014 7:36:24 PM PST by tenger (It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. -Will Rogers)
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To: Nachum

Issa, just get the hell off our backs. You are a totally useless piece of dung. What has this jackass done for us yet. Talk, hearings, etc, etc. etc. Getting tired of this fool.


26 posted on 01/09/2014 7:41:59 PM PST by Logical me
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To: Nachum

Issa is a joke


27 posted on 01/09/2014 7:45:51 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Nachum

Instead of a “strongly worded letter”, he sent a “harsh” letter. I’m impressed! /s


28 posted on 01/09/2014 7:47:58 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Mr. K

The latest housing fraud wasn’t the first. Remember the Resolution Trust Corporation? S&Ls buying and selling inflated properties back and forth. And McCain was right in the middle of it but was only slapped on the hand. Then Bush 41 formed the RTC and spent billions buying “toxic” properties then sold them at pennies on the dollar. Once again, if you had money, you could snap up some houses pretty cheap. I didn’t have any money.


29 posted on 01/09/2014 7:52:16 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: phormer phrog phlyer
Holder is above the law, he can pretty much do what he wants with impunity.

No, he's NOT above the law ... time will prove that...

30 posted on 01/09/2014 7:56:12 PM PST by GOPJ ("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
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To: Nachum

Another stern letter. Yep, that’ll work. (/s not needed)


31 posted on 01/09/2014 8:26:21 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Nachum

Does 0bama have to give Holder Executive Privilege for every phony scandal? You would think once would cover them all. Issa just can’t take ‘no’ for an answer and that’s clearly racist.


32 posted on 01/09/2014 9:14:44 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: no-s

It’s refreshing to see that someone else understands that. Thanks for posting it.


33 posted on 01/09/2014 9:17:46 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: MagUSNRET

“...sent a harsh letter to Attorney General Holder Wednesday..”

Followed by a “fart in his general direction.”


34 posted on 01/09/2014 9:20:06 PM PST by enduserindy (A painted trash can is still a trash can.)
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To: Nachum

Sorry but Issa is as unbelievable as Obama. Lots of talk, he “campaigns” against Obama non-stop...and NOT INE THING has resulted from the noise coming from him 25 scandals and no endightments? Issa is hit air.


35 posted on 01/10/2014 4:42:14 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ("There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Nachum

An absolute BLIZZARD of letters and investigations; not ONE single result.


36 posted on 01/10/2014 4:44:52 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Nachum

Daryl Issa demands answers on a lot of things but doesn’t seem to get anywhere on any of them.


37 posted on 01/10/2014 4:48:10 AM PST by jersey117
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To: Cyber Liberty

“Say it ain’t so!!! Not a harsh letter! Oh please, Gosh, no! Please don’t let it be sternly worded.... “ - CL

if *that* does not work, next it will be...

The COMFY CHAIR!

(This is perhaps one of the saddest things - that our once respectable government has devolved into a comedy skit.)


38 posted on 01/10/2014 4:52:42 AM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: tenger

What can Issa or the committees do when the DOJ and the MSM are in on and covering for all the scandals? This means there is no prosecution and no reporting of the scandals.


39 posted on 01/10/2014 4:59:54 AM PST by Justa
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To: rockinqsranch

Personally, I don’t understand where/how the Senate Harry Reid has so much power as to be able to stop cold any and all investigations, legislation, or contort the House of Representatives procedures to the point as to make the minority party useless.

This has lead to legislation etc. without representation in a Republic and is criminal to the point of treason. And yes, I do think the GOP and Conservative branches are falling into a trap.

I am not seeing how the GOP will be able to govern, legislate, etc. as a Representative government as long as the Democrat party continues down the progressive democracy path. The only path forward is to bring charges against those in the Democrat Party who have willfully worked to subvert the Republic.

As far as Issa is concerned he can catalog the crimes all he wants, but until there is someone with the courage to go after what amounts to be traitors of the Republic, none of this is going to change anytime soon. Elections won’t matter if the traitors are not removed from office and no ...I do not mean voted out of office.

People, the public, uneducated voter needs to see them frog marched out of office, put on trial, and convicted. Sadly I realize this will never happen peacefully.


40 posted on 01/10/2014 5:02:57 AM PST by EBH ( The Day of the Patriot has arrived.)
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