House holds Holder in contempt of Congress; Next up: Prosecution.

[Grandluxe]

Holder Cited For Contempt By U.S. House Panel In Vote
By Seth Stern - Jun 20, 2012 5:07 PM ET

A U.S. House committee brushed aside President Barack Obama’s claim of executive privilege and held Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents related to a law enforcement effort to track guns to Mexican drug cartels.

In a party-line vote, the Republican majority on the House Oversight and Government Reform panel voted to approve the first contempt citation for a Cabinet member in 14 years.

Republican leaders said the full House will vote on the measure next week, setting up a potential referral of the case to the U.S. attorney in Washington to determine whether prosecution is warranted.

This is the first time Obama has invoked executive privilege, according to the White House.

Executive privilege is a principle that says the executive branch can’t be forced by the legislative branch to disclose confidential communications when they would harm operations

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-20/holder-cited-for-contempt-by-u-s-house-panel-in-vote.html

 

[Ricter]

"In a party-line vote..."

Says it all.

 

[jem]

it says the democrats don't want us to know who the idiot is that order assault weapons be provided to killers.

I wonder why?

 

[OccupyThis]

Quote from jem:

it says the democrats don't want us to know who the idiot is that order assault weapons be provided to killers.

I wonder why?

That killed an American.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Ricter:

"In a party-line vote..."

Says it all.

I wonder if the dead American agrees or even cares.

 

[nutmeg]

A U.S. House committee brushed aside President Barack Obama’s claim of executive privilege
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Obama is one dumb mofo.

 

[tomdavis]

Quote from OccupyThis:

That killed an American.

It wasn't just one American that died.

Over 2000 guns were handed over to known violent drug cartels resulting in the death of a US federal agent and as many as 200-300 Mexican civilians.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Quote from Ricter:

"In a party-line vote..."

Says it all.

Only if you're too dense to understand the issue.

 

[OccupyThis]

Quote from tomdavis:

It wasn't just one American that died.

Over 2000 guns were handed over to known violent drug cartels resulting in the death of a US federal agent and as many as 200-300 Mexican civilians.

I believe there were two American border patrol agents killed.

 

[OccupyThis]

Quote from Ricter:

"In a party-line vote..."

Says it all.

Carney says it's all Bush's fault. So why would Obama declare the Executive Privilege to protect Bush?