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Darrell Issa's Political Sideshow..

by Thom Hartmnn

September 20, 2012

Now is about the time for Republican Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Darrell Issa, to offer an apology to Attorney General Eric Holder. Back in June, House Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt after Congressman Darrell Issa held a series of witch hunt hearings trying to implicate Holder in the non-existent Fast and Furious conspiracy.

Now, a new report out by the DOJ's Inspector General confirms that the case against Holder was completely baseless. The report was focused on Fast and Furious and found no evidence of wrongdoing or misleading on the part of Attorney General Holder.

Similarly, there was absolutely no evidence that Fast and Furious was a secret plot to flood Mexico with guns, spark violence, and give the Obama administration good reason to confiscate everyone's gun, which was an actual theory presented by Issa and other Republicans.

Republicans spent huge amounts of taxpayer money trying to embarrass the nation's first black Attorney General and the President. Now we know all that money was wasted on a political sideshow.

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POLITICO Breaking News
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An internal Justice Department investigation into the Operation Fast and Furious scandal recommends discipline for 14 officials,

but found no evidence that the department's top leaders knew about the gun-walking aspect of the operation when it was underway. 

The long-awaited report from Justice's Inspector General finds misconduct or poor judgment on the part of officials at DOJ headquarters, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives headquarters in Washington and field office in Arizona, and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona.
However, the investigators found Attorney General Eric Holder didn't know about the operation until after the scandal emerged in the wake of the discovery of two weapons linked to the operation at the scene of the shooting death of a Border Patrol agent in December 2010. 

For more information... http://www.politico.com


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