Republican Ca. Rep. Darrell Issa’s panel: Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt

 

Story by The Hill / Photo: Greg Nash 

Written by Jordy Yager

A House panel voted Wednesday to place Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a subpoena, defying an assertion of executive privilege from President Obama.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Republican Chairman Darrell Issa (Calif.), approved a resolution along party lines to place Holder in contempt after battling him for months over access to internal agency documents about the “Fast and Furious” gun-tracking operation.

The vote came just hours after Obama escalated the conflict by sending a letter to the committee claiming executive privilege over the documents Issa had sought.
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