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A House of Cards in a Perfect Storm

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Well…It’s about time, isn’t it?

After being given more than a year to comply with congressional subpoenas and nearly a month after a Memorial Day weekend deadline went unheeded, It now looks as though congress, like most conservatives, have finally had enough of Eric Holder and his antics.

Last Saturday, in the article, “Mr. Speaker…File Contempt Charges…NOW!!” we at The National Patriot sent an open letter to Speaker Boehner’s office and asked that our Patriot readers follow suite and email the link to the article to him as well.

To believe it was our letter and the flooding of Boehner’s email which turned the tide would be a false pat on the back, but, it certainly didn’t hurt.

One can easily suspect similar pressure came from within the house chamber.

The list of Members of Congress who have called for Holder’s resignation or firing has grown over the last 6 months to now number more than 130. It’s very possible that number swelled after last Friday’s hearing in which, Holder again, stone walled and dodged questions.

Never, in memory, have we witnessed such a direct and compelling display of contempt of congress.

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Contempt Has a Name – HOLDER

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Congressman Darrel Issa, Chairman of the House Committee investigating Fast and Furious, has reportedly prepared and sent to Speaker Boehner, a 48-page charge of contempt against Attorney General Eric Holder.

One of the top Democrats on the House Oversight Committee has slammed Congressman Issa’s move regarding contempt charges against Eric Holder as “an election-year witch hunt against the Obama administration.”

A witch hunt?

One can easily believe such a hunt to be as difficult as finding golf balls on a driving range.

Last week, Issa would not confirm the reported 48-page charge but would not deny it either.

So far, Holder has produced nearly 7,400 pages of documents, emails and memos. The issue is that the committee has requested a handful more than 80,000 pages of them and Holder has been stalling, delaying, sidestepping and dodging those demands.

He has also been warned.

In truth, Holder has been provided more than enough time to come forth with the documents in question and he has failed to do so. Also a fact, is that Obama has continued to back Holder and Holder’s actions.

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Details of Subpoena…Clock Ticking on Holder

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Eric Holder has some explaining to do. LOTS of explaining. He’s been served and the time for stonewalling and delay tactics is over. The music is playing and Eric Holder has to face it.

The House Oversight Committee, as promised by Congressman Issa, has subpoenaed Eric Holder in the Fast and Furious case after a letter from Holder failed to impress. This investigation has been ongoing for nearly 8 months and tactically delayed throughout by Holder and the DOJ.

Considering the vast amount of information demanded by the Oversight Committee in the subpoena and who they have demanded it from, it’s a fair bet to say this investigation will reach not only into the actions of the DOJ and Eric Holder but all the way to the White House.

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UPDATE: Congressman Calls for Special Council in Holder Probe!!

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A good deal has happened with this whole Eric Holder possible perjury situation since The National Patriot published our original article, “Holder, at the Bottom of a Deep Hole, Keeps Digging” and as such, the saga deserves a breaking update.

Just hours after publication this morning, Republican Congressman Lamar Smith sent a letter to Obama instructing the DOJ to appoint a special council in the case to get to the bottom of Holder’s possible perjury stemming from his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on May 3rd, 2011.

You can read that letter by clicking here.

For a case in which a special council is called for, that council does not report back to the Attorney General but, under the current law, it is the Attorney General, in this case, Eric Holder, who appoints that council. This is why Rep. Smith has asked Obama to do so since Holder is the subject of the investigation.

Here’s one question which needs to be asked:

Just who DOES the special council report to?

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