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GOP letter to Obama: Holder should resign
Topic Started: Nov 16 2011, 08:36 AM (123 Views)
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GOP letter to Obama: Holder should resign
By Jordy Yager - 11/15/11 04:05 PM ET

Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) is trying to get fellow Republicans to sign onto a letter asking for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation.

The letter, addressed to President Obama and the first of its kind, highlights Holder’s role in the botched gun-tracking operation Fast and Furious, which was run under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Walsh and nine other Republicans held a press conference on Tuesday blasting Holder for not being more responsive to congressional demands for information about Fast and Furious. Most of the lawmakers called for Holder’s resignation.

Republicans have been investigating who authorized and knew about Fast and Furious, which oversaw the sale of thousands of weapons in the Southwest region to known and suspected straw buyers for Mexican drug cartels. The majority of the weapons were lost, and two of the guns were found at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry last December.

“We call on you today to hold Attorney General Eric Holder accountable for Operation Fast and Furious — and urge you to ask for his immediate resignation,” the letter reads.

“In intentionally letting over 2,000 firearms ‘walk’ across the border into Mexico," it continues, "the [ATF] - under the leadership of Attorney General Holder - carried out an operation that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead, broke federal law, and attempted to build a case for gun control. Operation Fast and Furious has proved to be one of the most serious errors in judgment carried out in recent history by a federal agency.”

Walsh began circulating the letter on Tuesday and pointed to an interview that Obama did with ABC last month in which he attempted to assure the American people that people would be held responsible for the bad decisions that led to Fast and Furious.

“We ask you to fulfill this promise to the American people because, like you, they are upset and deserve answers,” said Walsh in his letter to Obama. “They also deserve accountability on behalf of their federal officials, especially those who are unelected like Holder.”

Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) is trying to get fellow Republicans to sign onto a letter asking for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation.

The letter, addressed to President Obama and the first of its kind, highlights Holder’s role in the botched gun-tracking operation Fast and Furious, which was run under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Walsh and nine other Republicans held a press conference on Tuesday blasting Holder for not being more responsive to congressional demands for information about Fast and Furious. Most of the lawmakers called for Holder’s resignation.

Republicans have been investigating who authorized and knew about Fast and Furious, which oversaw the sale of thousands of weapons in the Southwest region to known and suspected straw buyers for Mexican drug cartels. The majority of the weapons were lost, and two of the guns were found at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry last December.

“We call on you today to hold Attorney General Eric Holder accountable for Operation Fast and Furious — and urge you to ask for his immediate resignation,” the letter reads.

“In intentionally letting over 2,000 firearms ‘walk’ across the border into Mexico," it continues, "the [ATF] - under the leadership of Attorney General Holder - carried out an operation that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead, broke federal law, and attempted to build a case for gun control. Operation Fast and Furious has proved to be one of the most serious errors in judgment carried out in recent history by a federal agency.”

Walsh began circulating the letter on Tuesday and pointed to an interview that Obama did with ABC last month in which he attempted to assure the American people that people would be held responsible for the bad decisions that led to Fast and Furious.

“We ask you to fulfill this promise to the American people because, like you, they are upset and deserve answers,” said Walsh in his letter to Obama. “They also deserve accountability on behalf of their federal officials, especially those who are unelected like Holder.”
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