House Committee Moves to Subpoena Eric Holder This Week [John E.]

Just a brief update. Darrell Issa appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss both Fast & Furious and Solyndra with Chris Wallace. Fox News is also reporting that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is planning to subpoena Eric Holder this week to determine what he knew and when he knew it. If Holder is looking to improve on his last performance, a good place to start would be to avoid committing perjury.

Thanks to everyone for the hospitality this week and thanks to Ace for inviting me to participate.

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Comments

1 Good job. Thanks for filling in.

Posted by: Flying Manatee at October 09, 2011 05:42 PM (jVdDe)

2 "I have no recollection of that Senator."

Posted by: Dial '0' For Murder at October 09, 2011 05:45 PM (EL+OC)

3
Does Holder or Obama have the ability to try to quash the subpoena? I forget exactly what it means, but does "executive privilege" apply?
I want the jerk to fold up like a cheap suit before Issa and the rest of the committee, so I'm hoping those things can't work or don't apply haha

Posted by: knob at October 09, 2011 05:45 PM (aOFhh)

4 John E., thanks for filling in this week. You really classed the place up.

Posted by: Mindy at October 09, 2011 05:47 PM (0RSSz)

5 Holder has been the Democrat plantation butt-boy for many years. It will be interesting to see if will take all the steam or fall apart. I'm betting he goes down swinging. They'll take care of his family for him, won't they?

Posted by: dr kill at October 09, 2011 05:47 PM (le5qc)

6 something that I've been wondering.
is it possible ATF went rogue because we had a very weak administration in power?

Posted by: willow at October 09, 2011 05:48 PM (h+qn8)

7 Try not to forget us Morons when you are up on the stage with the winner on election night, John E.

You are really laying it to the SCoaMF!

Keep your head on a swivel. They'll be gunnin' for you like the Clantons and McLaurys.

Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 05:48 PM (4CSeG)

8 Can they get Wilford Brimley to come in and say "A wonderful thing, a sub-peenie..."

Posted by: M. Murcek at October 09, 2011 05:49 PM (ToZXn)

9 mmm...tasty, tasty subpoena

Posted by: chemjeff at October 09, 2011 05:49 PM (s7mIC)

10 Can't wait to see that chinless pussy Eric Holder cry and plead da fift.

Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 05:49 PM (4CSeG)

11 "A wonderful thing, a sub-peenie..."

Especially if you got diabeetus.

Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 05:50 PM (4CSeG)

12 Øbama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

Holder is a shithead racist racialist asshole.

Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2011 05:51 PM (QaKuj)

13 another question, clinton/napolitano was president during Waco? also during randy weaver ordeal?

Posted by: willow at October 09, 2011 05:52 PM (h+qn8)

14 in power*

Posted by: willow at October 09, 2011 05:53 PM (h+qn8)

15 Janet Reno was the psycho bitch that killed the folks at Waco.

Ruby Ridge was on Bush 1's watch I believe.

Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 05:57 PM (4CSeG)

16 brb, time for a pudding run

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo Monophthalmos at October 09, 2011 05:58 PM (6GvAC)

17 ty, sifty.

Posted by: willow at October 09, 2011 05:58 PM (h+qn8)

18 Quick, look away! Hide your head! This was not a plan to subvert the Second Amendment! No, no, no, no, no! Totally, absolutely, and unequivocally not!

It was just a little hiccup, I tells ya. A slight mistake.

Please. Look away.

Posted by: Eric Holder's cat, Mr. Jeepers at October 09, 2011 06:00 PM (rTNB8)

19 the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is planning to subpoena Eric Holder this week to determine what he knew and when he knew it.

I wouldn't do that until I already knew the answer to the question. Holder will only lie, and what you want to do is to catch him doing it on-camera and under oath, then hit him over the head with the evidence to prove it.

Posted by: Socratease at October 09, 2011 06:00 PM (pwmVU)

20 Charlie Brown's buddy Pigpen will take a bath before this asshole comes clean.
The only question is how creative Steadman gets with his perjury.

Posted by: ontherocks at October 09, 2011 06:01 PM (HBqDo)

21 I told you what I know - to the best of my recollection. I've got a nice *FAT* race card to play that makes you GOPers run like dogs.

Posted by: Eric "Floyd" Holder at October 09, 2011 06:02 PM (afrI6)

22 Look, there's a camp that Perry visited when he was 4 years old that let them watch Little Rascals on the Main Hall TV !!!!

Posted by: The MBM at October 09, 2011 06:02 PM (Y+DPZ)

23 He'll plead the fif.

then he'll have a new job checking under the bus for leaks.

Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 06:03 PM (4CSeG)

24 Look, a papier machet puppet parade on Union Street!

Posted by: The MBM at October 09, 2011 06:03 PM (Y+DPZ)

25 Ruby Ridge was on Bush 1's watch I believe.
Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 05:57 PM (4CSeG)
I think Ruby Ridge was Clinton as well.

Posted by: robtr at October 09, 2011 06:03 PM (MtwBb)

26 I'm an idiot on legal matters so how does this work?
If subpoenaed, would Holder be required to show up and if he did, could he just invoke the 5th?
I get that his presence would be required but I don't expect much enforcement from this crowd.

Posted by: ErikW at October 09, 2011 06:04 PM (zKHLn)

27 Look, Kim Kardashian wearing a tight dress!

Posted by: The MBM at October 09, 2011 06:04 PM (Y+DPZ)

28 If Holder is looking to improve on his last performance, a good place to start would be to avoid committing perjury.
So he's screwed then.

And finally, finally there's puppets! That's when you know the Left is super cereal.

Posted by: alexthechick at October 09, 2011 06:06 PM (Gk3SS)

29 Ruby Ridge happened on Bush 41's watch

Waco started about 5 weeks after Clinton was inaugurated

Posted by: kbdabear at October 09, 2011 06:06 PM (Y+DPZ)

30 If subpoenaed, would Holder be required to show up and if he did, could he just invoke the 5th?

I get that his presence would be required but I don't expect much enforcement from this crowd.

Posted by: ErikW at October 09, 2011 06:04 PM (zKHLn)

Gee I'm not legal expert either, but I would think the AG taking the 5th would be political suicide. I'd expect more half truths, subtrafuse, and lies.

Posted by: nevergiveup at October 09, 2011 06:06 PM (aYQHH)

31 keep up the good work John. thanks

Holder needs to be Held.....in prison.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 09, 2011 06:06 PM (qpKJT)

32 I think Ruby Ridge was Clinton as well.

The dates listed on our old buddy wikipedia say 1992, but I'm still looking. It sounds like Clinton's ATF.

I still remember Fred Thompson tearing the FBI a new asshole during the Ruby Ridge hearings.

I may be wrong about the dates.

Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 06:06 PM (4CSeG)

33 John, if you don't have a regular blogging home, and you don't get a better offer, I'd be honored to sponsor you for posting privileges at Wizbang.

J.

Posted by: Jay Tea at October 09, 2011 06:07 PM (LYpzO)

34

Barack Obama has gone too far. He's crossed the line too many times, and now is the time for our elected officials in Congress to finally do their Constitutional duty and hold Barack Obama and his administration accountable.

Posted by: sickinmass at October 09, 2011 06:07 PM (1rflU)

35 Damn, the toilet paper is out again!

Hand me one of those subpoenas

Posted by: Eric Holder at October 09, 2011 06:07 PM (Y+DPZ)

36 Puppets? Where can I see the puppets?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 09, 2011 06:08 PM (qpKJT)

37 We have a Tebow sighting!

Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2011 06:09 PM (QaKuj)

38 36
Puppets? Where can I see the puppets?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 09, 2011 06:08 PM

I got your poopies right here!

Posted by: The Mad Crapper at October 09, 2011 06:09 PM (Y+DPZ)

39
General Holder doesn't have the testicular fortitude to testify properly, therefore, I will answer the subpoena and rip those republican interlopers a new squeaker.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren, Ball Equiped Obama Confidant at October 09, 2011 06:10 PM (Lt/Za)

40 For anybody who hasn't seen it yet,

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Here is
a "Downfall" parody for Operation Fast and Furious:

http://tinyurl.com/69wya8l

Enjoy!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 09, 2011 06:11 PM (DHM4d)

41 Ruby Ridge was Bush 1 who was no icon of conservatism. Another one of those who's "turn it was" from the establishment.

Posted by: Vic at October 09, 2011 06:11 PM (M9Ie6)

42 Assuming they actually gethim over there to testify, Holder will perjure himself again, stupidly, decisively and unambiguously.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at October 09, 2011 06:11 PM (SYrAh)

43 I still remember Fred Thompson tearing the FBI a new asshole during the Ruby Ridge hearings.I may be wrong about the dates.
Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 06:06 PM (4CSeG)
looks like you're right, oh well. I am going to blame Clinton anyways.

Posted by: robtr at October 09, 2011 06:12 PM (MtwBb)

44 Valerie Jarret is probably so upset about this she fell out of her maze.

Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 06:12 PM (4CSeG)

45 Ssssufferin Suckotash, a sssupenie.

Posted by: Eric Holder at October 09, 2011 06:12 PM (qpKJT)

46 Mr Issa, SIR ... Have you no sense of decency, SIR!

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at October 09, 2011 06:13 PM (Y+DPZ)

47 If the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in America takes the 5th concerning trying to kill the 2nd, we'll have a very public display of Constitution shredding for the MFM to ignore.

Posted by: ontherocks at October 09, 2011 06:13 PM (HBqDo)

48 Thank you, John E. for all of your posts on Fast and Furious. I appreciate the information being presented in detail.

Posted by: museisluse at October 09, 2011 06:14 PM (4Lj43)

49 Damn, maybe someone else famous will die. The smokescreen is starting to dissipate!

Posted by: Teh MBM at October 09, 2011 06:14 PM (QaKuj)

50 He will probably refuse to honor the subpoena before he takes the 5th.

Posted by: Vic at October 09, 2011 06:14 PM (M9Ie6)

51
This Fast Furious thing is a fu*kin' mess and we gotta shut it down, no matter the cost to Hillary or any other useful idiots willing to take the fall.

Posted by: Joe "Jerkwad" Biden at October 09, 2011 06:15 PM (Lt/Za)

52 Issa needs to fucking follow through on this, and slam Holder's ass up against the wall.

There are Americans fucking dead because of this administration.

Posted by: Unclefacts Out Of Commenting Retirement Just For This One Thing at October 09, 2011 06:15 PM (6IReR)

53 Gee I'm not legal expert either, but I would think the AG taking the 5th would be political suicide. I'd expect more half truths, subtrafuse, and lies.
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 09, 2011 06:06 PM (aYQHH)
Probably but put him in front of a Congressional Investigative Committee and I'd bet that he starts stuttering like the Marxist-in-Chief.

Posted by: ErikW at October 09, 2011 06:16 PM (zKHLn)

54
Damn, maybe someone else famous will die.

Posted by: Teh MBM at October 09, 2011 06:14 PM (QaKuj)

Zsa Zsa Gabor is on the way out, and its a shame it's not Zsa Zsa Huffington.

Posted by: Joe at October 09, 2011 06:17 PM (Lt/Za)

55 44
Valerie Jarret is probably so upset about this she fell out of her maze.

Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 06:12 PM (4CSeG)
*snicker*

Isn't it "Valerie Ferret"?

Posted by: museisluse at October 09, 2011 06:18 PM (4Lj43)

56 And yeah you think it's a sin
I ain't your color of skin
It's comin' your way

You shouldn't feel this way

... You say it's broken your dreams
They fall apart at the seams
It's comin' our way

-- Swervedriver, "A Change Is Gonna Come"

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo Monophthalmos at October 09, 2011 06:19 PM (6GvAC)

57 He will probably refuse to honor the subpoena before he takes the 5th.
Posted by: Vic at October 09, 2011 06:14 PM (M9Ie6)
So there is no legal authority to take him into custody for contempt?

Posted by: ErikW at October 09, 2011 06:20 PM (zKHLn)

58 Eric, step away from the car. Warning Motherfer, step away from the car, or I am going kick your fucking ass.

Got that?

Posted by: Darrell the guy on the viper warning. really at October 09, 2011 06:25 PM (hXJOG)

59 Come again, John E.

Anyone else reading these posts while seated at their sewing machine?

I also watched the Issa interview. People need to be punished. It caused deaths. It's not just corruption and stupidity. CBS did a good piece last week. Wish the rest of the media wouldn't help out the bad guys.

Wallace really tore into Santorum. That was painful. They should date. They have nice chemistry.

Posted by: Amanda Jane at October 09, 2011 06:26 PM (gvlTU)

60 So there is no legal authority to take him into custody for contempt?

It would stretch out for weeks and possibly months in court.

Posted by: Vic at October 09, 2011 06:26 PM (M9Ie6)

61 Shit! Probably another damn mess we'll have to clean up...

Posted by: Fort Marcy Park Grounds Crew at October 09, 2011 06:27 PM (EL+OC)

62 Wallace really tore into Santorum. That was painful. They should date. They have nice chemistry.

Yes, but ask yourself why he kiss Obama's ass when he had him.

Posted by: Vic at October 09, 2011 06:30 PM (M9Ie6)

63 Operation Fast and Furious? Never heard of it!

Posted by: eric holder at October 09, 2011 06:30 PM (+56Bh)

64 @ 63
Hey, wait a damn minute, that's my line!

Posted by: charlie gibson at October 09, 2011 06:31 PM (+56Bh)

65 @ 37
Tim Tebow! Yeah, that guy is good looking, so I emailed him some pics of my junk.

Posted by: brett favre at October 09, 2011 06:37 PM (+56Bh)

66 Santorum or Wallace? I can see both of them kissing ass.

Posted by: Amanda Jane at October 09, 2011 06:41 PM (gvlTU)

67 I hope Holder gets to talk about "his people" again!

Nothing warms my heart more than to hear the top law enforcement officer in the land identify so strongly with his own race.

That is........so special.

Posted by: Spiker at October 09, 2011 06:47 PM (4t9J5)

68 Wallace

Posted by: Vic at October 09, 2011 06:51 PM (M9Ie6)

69 John E.

Great writing. Don't ever back down.

Posted by: Jornolist at October 09, 2011 06:53 PM (UE0B9)

70 Too late for EH - they already know they have him. At best, he will have to resign but incarceration for this is probable. Zero will possibly decline to run given the multiple scandals.

Posted by: baroness at October 09, 2011 06:58 PM (mg/bS)

71 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at October 09, 2011 06:59 PM (fyOgS)

72 We have to seriously push for impeachment.We have a responsibility to do so.

Posted by: steevy at October 09, 2011 06:59 PM (fyOgS)

73 Eye popping graphics and stuff this week John E.
You could come in handy in the year ahead.
Congrats.

Posted by: ontherocks at October 09, 2011 07:00 PM (HBqDo)

74 Maybe it is time for the National Enquirer to start investigating Fast and Furious. They seem to be the only journalists worthy of the name any more.

Posted by: museisluse at October 09, 2011 07:20 PM (4Lj43)

75 70 Too late for EH - they already know they have him. At best, he will have to resign but incarceration for this is probable. Zero will possibly decline to run given the multiple scandals.
Posted by: baroness at October 09, 2011 06:58 PM (mg/bS)

Will the black vote stay home or blame evil whitey?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 09, 2011 07:24 PM (UlUS4)

76 I mean blame evil whitey more than they do on the usual hourly basis?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 09, 2011 07:25 PM (UlUS4)

77 15 Janet Reno was the psycho bitch that killed the folks at Waco.

Ruby Ridge was on Bush 1's watch I believe.
Posted by: sifty at October 09, 2011 05:57 PM (4CSeG)

Janet Reno was also the enforcer of the Community Reinvestment Act; the one that caused the housing bubble and Depression Part Deux.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 09, 2011 07:29 PM (UlUS4)

78 Jeez a tri-(quadra?) fecta!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 09, 2011 07:29 PM (UlUS4)

79 I feel like Vic!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 09, 2011 07:30 PM (UlUS4)

80 Obama...