Report: Issa Staffer Offered To Stop Holder Contempt Vote For DOJ Scalp

[Grassy Knoll]

Source: talkingpointsmemo.com

Rep. Darrell Issa’s chief investigative counsel offered to stop the contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder in exchange for the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, Newsweek’s Dan Klaidman is reporting.

Issa staffer Stephen Castor brought up the issue of “accountability” during a phone call with a senior DOJ official last week, according to the report. Castor reportedly said they could head off the contempt vote if Breuer stepped down.

Breuer, who heads the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, apologized in October for not telling other Justice Department officials that guns were allowed to “walk” during the Bush administration when Congress first raised questions about Operation Fast And Furious in early 2011.

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[hrmjustin]

1. I guess they are not as interested in documents as they are in a scalp. n/t

[liberal N proud]

2. That is all it is ever about

The GOP is always on a witch hunt when it comes to Democrats. Holder being appointed by President Obama is considered part of the Democratic Administration.

[slackmaster]

10. I have a better explanation

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Anything to embarrass the President in an election year.

[Jumping John]

3. This would be a good reason to invoke Executive Privilege in support of the separation of power.

Otherwise the house can just run rough shod over the executive branch and black mail the EB into doing their bidding.

[6000eliot]

4. I thought they wanted Napolitano.

[patrice]

5. I'm telling you, Holder knows the skinny on DOJ Capture. nt

[Woody Woodpecker]

6. You resign first, Issa

And then turn yourself in for crimes against humanity

[SoutherDem]

7. Isn't that proof why they are doing this contempt crap.

What a scumbag Issa is.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Extortion?

[progressoid]

11. I think republicans call it bi-partisanship.

[slackmaster]

9. I thought this was a racist vendetta against Holder because of the voter suppression thing

What's our narrative here?

[jeff47]

14. Could always point out this story makes the Republicans sound somewhat reasonable

So it could be trying to create a more friendly narrative for the Republicans than the vendetta.

[slackmaster]

17. Or a tactical move to make Nancy Pelosi and Al Sharpton sound unreasonable

I don't know, but it does seem to me that the real agenda is to embarrass the President.

[shraby]

12. I believe that's termed blackmail, plain and simple. Didn't know that was legal.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

15. It worked with the national debt, so they think it'll work here

If they succeed, they'll have the Administration by the balls. "You do this and we won't do that..."

[madrchsod]

13. sounds like desperation....

obama called his bluff and issa has no where to go with his contempt campaign

[wordpix]

18. right, & the contempt campaign is linked to a wacky---Rachel explained, I'll find the link

[wordpix]

19. here's the link about Rachel's report, or go directly to her vid at msnbc

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/21/rachel-maddow-explains-what-the-hell-fast-and-furious-is-all-about/

[Kingofalldems]

16. Oh no! What will Issa's little gungeon pals say?

[wordpix]

20. they're taking our guns b/c it's a conspiracy to not take our guns to make

us believe they're not but they are

[L. Coyote]

21. I think that is called "criminal conduct" over at DoJ, something Issa knows about first-hand, OR

how about if all the people who covered up for Bush take a WALK!

[clang1]

23. Don't know yet whether current conduct or past

Sure it isn't about this since the GOP has so many fingers in it as well (heh and we all know the GOP does not investigate it's own corruption unless they can blame it one someone else). So who knows at this point.

U.S. AG Eric Holder, DoJ Head Lanny Breuer Linked To Banks Accused Of Foreclosure Fraud
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/20/eric-holder-banks-lanny-breuer_n_1218452.html

'Reuters reported in December that under Holder and Breuer, the Justice Department hasn't brought any criminal cases against big banks or other companies involved in mortgage servicing, even though copious evidence has surfaced of apparent criminal violations in foreclosure cases.'

'While Holder and Breuer were partners at Covington, the firm's clients included the four largest U.S. banks - Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo & Co - as well as at least one other bank that is among the 10 largest mortgage servicers.'

Whole damn system is rotten, everyone eating out of the others hand, on both sides and as usual We the People just get ________.

Makes me think of another post of mine on Power Structures.

[Thinkingabout]

22. Maybe it is time to release all the data on fast and furious including

The guns which was not accounted for in earlier years. Let Issa prove the first gun walking began after Holder was AG

[wordpix]

26. the docs asked for cannot be released, such as grand jury testimony. See this video, explains all:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45755822/vp/47913346#47913346

[zbdent]

24. If they're looking for a witch hunt,

why don't they start with one of their own ADMITTED witches???

[DCBob]

25. WTF?? Blackmail is now a congressional procedure?

I wouldnt even respond to such a request.