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Rep. Darrell Issa’s chief investigative counsel offered to stop the contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder in exchange for the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, Newsweek’s Dan Klaidman is reporting.
Issa staffer Stephen Castor brought up the issue of “accountability” during a phone call with a senior DOJ official last week, according to the report. Castor reportedly said they could head off the contempt vote if Breuer stepped down.
Breuer, who heads the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, apologized in October for not telling other Justice Department officials that guns were allowed to “walk” during the Bush administration when Congress first raised questions about Operation Fast And Furious in early 2011.
Breuer said in a statement last that he “did not draw a connection between the unacceptable tactics used by the ATF years earlier in Operation Wide Receiver and the allegations made about Operation Fast and Furious, and therefore did not, at that time, alert others within Department leadership of any similarities between the two. That was a mistake, and I regret not having done so.”
Emails show that Breuer was aware that the tactics were used during the Bush administration and met with ATF officials to discuss the matter.
“At the time, I thought that dealing with the leadership of ATF was sufficient and reasonable, and frankly given the amount of work I do, at the time I thought that was the appropriate way of dealing with it,” Breuer testified last year. “I thought we had dealt with it by talking to the ATF leadership.”
DOJ officials think the offer to drop the contempt vote in exchange for Breuer’s scalp was further evidence that Issa’s investigation was more about making headlines than determining facts.
“The reason that this contempt motion happened is that Issa didn’t come up with any evidence and didn’t get a scalp,” Matthew Miller, DOJ’s former communications director, told Klaidman. “When you set expectations that high and you don’t deliver, you have to explain why.”
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he's trying to plead em out - he knows the case is shite now.
trying to save face by acceping the resignation of the #2 guy so at least repubs on message boards can claim "we won!"
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he's trying to plead em out - he knows the case is shite now.
trying to save face by acceping the resignation of the #2 guy so at least repubs on message boards can claim "we won!"
you just keep rolling w the lies dont you?
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you just keep rolling w the lies dont you?
oh wait, the exec order DIDNT hurt Issa's case at all?
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oh wait, the exec order DIDNT hurt Issa's case at all?
That remains to be seen. It's unlikely Obama wants to battle this out in court either, so don't be surprised if he tries to come to some compromise.
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Holder looks guilty as shit - and they were willing to DROP the case against him, if his deputy fall on the grenade?
What kind og bullshit is that? What kind o mickey mouse operation is Issa running?
You can keep your job and get away with facilitating murder, becase youre #2 guy steps down and take a cushy job with an anti-gun lobbyist firm for a million a year?
WTF is wrong with Issa?