"The "Fast and Furious" imbroglio may have just gone sideways on House Republicans. Just prior to them leading a House vote for contempt against Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, a far-reaching investigation published by Fortune magazine
poked major holes in the conservative storyline about the alleged gun
operation. Claims that law enforcement engaged in a deadly plot to let
Mexican outlaws smuggle US guns, the magazine reports, are based on
allegations by a lone whistleblower who may in fact be the only person
who did any illegal gun-smuggling. The real cause of violence and crime
south of the border, it reports, is lax gun laws in Arizona and
elsewhere pushed by Republicans and their friends at the National Rifle
Association."
In addition, it turns out Rep. Issa
doesn't even think Holder knew about the supposed Gunwalking! Issa revealed this the day
before the contempt vote. It is no wonder Rep. Cummings
detailed "
100 errors, omissions and mischaracterizations" in a letter to Rep. Boehner. Sadly, it appears that house Republicans (as well as a
few dozen NRA-threatened Democrats), have chosen to hold a sitting Attorney General in contempt, for the first time in history, due to
nothing more than partisan politicking.
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