The House oversight committee voted today to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for his refusal to hand over critical documents regarding the "Fast and Furious" scandal. The vote was 23 to 17 (23 Republicans and 17 Democrats). Next week, despite President Obama's order of executive privilege to deny certain documents demanded by the investigatory panel, the House of Representatives will hold the contempt vote.
“Until now, everyone believed that the decisions regarding Fast and Furious were confined to the Department of Justice. The White House decision to invoke executive privilege implies that White House officials were either involved in the Fast and Furious operation or the cover-up that followed. The administration has always insisted that wasn’t the case. Were they lying, or are they now bending the law to hide the truth?”
Michael Steel, Mr. Boehner's spokesman
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Here is what happened one year ago on Day296.
