Republicans Attack Eric Holder For Obeying The Law

One hundred and forty thousand documents have been reviewed, 7,600 pages turned over, and 8 hearings before Congress, all done as a way to expunge Attorney General Eric Holder (seen above), from his position as Chief Law Enforcement Officer in order to dismantle the Obama administration.

Republicans are threatening to hold Attorney Holder in contempt of Congress, and has asked for his resignation due to a gun walking program called 'Fast and Furious', which began under the George W. Bush administration, and was put to an end by Attorney Holder when misguided tactics surfaced that obviously broke the law. 

Holder expressed that the last Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (seen below-l with Bush) of the Bush administration, was briefed on these same misguided tactics but did nothing to stop them. No charges were filed.

'Fast and Furious' formerly called 'Operation Wide Receiver' in 2006 by the Bush administration, produced e-mails pertaining to a 2007 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives operation out of Phoenix, that showed agents allowed illegal shipments of guns across the border into Mexico, in a failed effort to identify higher-ups in smuggling networks. Shipments of thousands of weapons made its way into the hands of Mexican drug cartels, and nobody took responsibility to stop it. 

Why are we not bringing in former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for questioning? 

Although Gonzales worked closely with George W. Bush during 'Operation Wide receiver', he in fact ran the entire operation. I'm sure he can shed light on the matters of the 2007 Hernandez case, and the 2008 Mendrano case?

In Attorney Holder's defense, when taking office he reinforced the laws that he swore to enforce by curtailing the Bush Administration's program 'Operation Wide Receiver', as a way to stop misguided tactics of releasing weapons into the hands of the Mexican cartel. 

Holder prevented the Justice department from leaking wiretapped information, and has recently taken steps to stop Governor Rick Scott of Florida, from purging U.S. citizens from the voting database because he believes Americans in this democracy should have fair voting rights. 

It sounds as if Republicans, are trying to punish Attorney General Holder for upholding and obeying the law. During a Congressional hearing Republican of Texas Senator John Cornyn's words to Holder were,  

"You won't cooperate with legitimate Congressional investigation. Your department blocks states from implementing attempts to combat voter fraud, you leave me no choice but to join those that call on your resignation."

Attorney General Holder responded, "With all do respect Senator, there's so much that's factually wrong, you started your statement with...it's almost breathtaking the inaccuracies. So I don't have any intentions on resigning."

The GOP wants to dispose of President Obama so badly, that they're willing to attack his administration with blatant lies to get their way! What kind of incivility is this? Is there no end to how low the Republican party will go to win an election? 

It's a proven fact that less than 1% of voter fraud was detected in Florida, and across the nation during previous presidential elections so why the sudden urge to purge?

Moreover, if Republicans want to hold Holder in contempt of Congress for obeying the law, let's rewind the tape back to the Bush administration in 2008, when White House Former Senior Advisor Karl Rove (seen-r), was cited for contempt of not obeying the law, but instead broke them when he used his power of authority to violate civil laws, department policy, discriminated against liberals, ignored subpoenas, and lied to Congress under oath. 

The House voted 20-14 along party lines with all Republicans of course voting unanimously for Karl Rove not to be held in contempt, and based on legally invalid claims of immunity privilege Rove still refuses to testify! Executive privilege at its best; white collar crime never looked so good.

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