GUNWALKER: 'Issa to Holder: You have until June 19th a.m. to give up F&F documents

[bsteadman]

Free Republic is running a thread titled, 'Issa to Holder: You have until Tuesday a.m. to give up Fast and Furious docs', which was started 6/18/2012 by 'smoothsailing'

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The thread references the below linked 6/18/2012 Daily Caller article on the same topic, written by Matthew Boyle:

http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/18/is...-furious-docs/

Excerpt:

"House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa told Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday that he has until Tuesday morning to produce Operation Fast and Furious documents or his committee will be voting to hold him in contempt of Congress on Wednesday.

“[O]nly the delivery of documents outlined and offered by the Department of Justice last Thursday to staff will be sufficient to justify a postponement of Wednesday’s scheduled vote,” Issa wrote to Holder on Monday afternoon. “As the department has not yet produced these document – and unless it does so tomorrow morning – I will not be able to offer you the committee’s assessment of them at tomorrow’s meeting.”

In a letter to Issa earlier in the day, Holder asked to meet at 11 a.m. Issa responded that the meeting will take place at 5 p.m. — only after his committee staff can review the promised Fast and Furious documents.

In his letter, Holder argued he had taken “extraordinary” steps to accommodate Issa’s subpoena. Issa shot back, saying, “There is nothing extraordinary about an offer from a federal agency to fully or partially respond to a subpoena.”

Issa also said nothing “short of full compliance” will be “sufficient” for him to “negotiate” a “delay of contempt proceedings” because Holder has not specified what documents he plans to give the committee this week and has not provided a “log that includes descriptions of documents, the dates they were created, who created them, and individualized explanations for why the department believes these documents should not be produced pursuant to the subpoena.

It’s unclear if Holder will actually produce the documents in time to halt the contempt of Congress vote. His spokeswoman, Tracy Schmaler, wouldn’t answer when The Daily Caller asked if he will.”

[bsteadman]

Issa 'disappointed,' says Holder contempt vote will move forward

The Hill
Jordy Yager
6/19/2012

Excerpt:

"A House panel is expected to vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress after a last-ditch effort to reach a deal over documents related to Operation Fast and Furious appeared to fail.

After a Tuesday evening meeting with Holder and other lawmakers in the Capitol, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he was “disappointed” that the attorney general had not come with the documents demanded by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Issa, Holder’s chief interlocutor in a saga that has lasted more than a year, said unless Holder provides the paperwork, the contempt vote would proceed Wednesday morning.

Issa also called on President Obama to press Holder “to be more cooperative.”

Holder emerged from the meeting considerably later, and accused Issa of being consumed with “political gamesmanship.”

Holder said he offered to make documents Issa has requested available to the chairman on the condition that the powerful Republican drop the two outstanding subpoenas he has issued to the department. The documents Issa wants are related to the panel’s 16-month investigation of the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.

Holder said Issa rejected that offer and demanded that Holder fork over the documents to his committee, while offering no assurances that he would drop the contempt vote scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday or consider the subpoenas satisfied.

“I think the ball’s in their court,” said Holder. “They rejected what I thought was an extraordinary offer on our part.

“What we asked from the chairman was an indication that if we provided these materials, that would be considered to resolve the subpoenas that were standing,” Holder said. “He’s not indicated the desire to do that at this point. I hope he will change his mind.”

Asked whether he had spoken to any of the House Republican leaders about ways to resolve the matter, the attorney general declined to comment.

“I don’t want to answer that question,” he said.

Issa said he hoped Holder would deliver the documents later Tuesday night, but that until he received them he would plan to move forward with the contempt vote.

“If we receive no documents, we’ll go forward,” said Issa. “If we receive documents, we’ll evaluate them and we’ll take such time as is necessary in delay to be sure of the quality of these documents and whether they’re sufficient.

“We never expected to get all of the documents. But our hope was, and still is, that later this evening we’ll receive such documents that’ll allow us to say that at least for the time being we’re evaluating future documents.”
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