A Republican congressman raised the possibility of impeachment in House Judiciary Committee hearings today, striking fear into the heart of one of the most radical Democrats in Congress.
Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-WI, questioned Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday about Operation Fast and Furious, bluntly raising the specter of impeachment, apparently of Holder. However, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX, sought clarification out of concern Sesenbrenner had threatened to impeach Barack Obama.
The exchange came as Sensenbrenner asked Holder who was responsible for the Justice Department’s misleading Congress about the gun-running operation. Lying, Sensenbrenner reminded him is a felony. “I don’t want to say that you have committed a felony, Mr. Attorney General, but obviously there have been statements so misleading that a letter had to be withdrawn,” he said. “I think some heads should roll.”
“Nobody in the Justice Department has lied,” Holder insisted, because everyone lacked the “requisite intent to come up with something that would be considered perjury or a lie.” However, a letter sent to Congress “was withdrawn because there was information that was in there that was inaccurate.”
“There is really no responsibility in the Justice Department,” Sensenbrenner said. “If we don’t get to the bottom of this, and that requires your assistance, there is only one alternative that Congress has, and it’s called impeachment.” He said impeachment “is an expensive and messy affair, and I don’t want to go this far, but if we keep on getting pushed down the road…and we don’t get closure to this, what is Congress to do?”
Rep. Jackson Lee attempted to make what she called a “parliamentary inquiry” about whom Sensenbrenner intended to impeach — Holder or Obama. After her question was ruled out-of-order, she interjected, “This has no basis in law for any impeachment proceeding whether it’s for you or the president of the United States.”
Rep. Paul Gosar has called for a vote of no confidence in Holder, a move The Daily Caller rightly describes as “largely symbolic.”
It is time for House Republicans to fight back. A gun-running/gun control operation claimed the lives of two uniformed men and countless others; the Justice Department misled Congress while covering its tracks; and Holder continues to laugh at Republicans who make speeches about “the rule of law” but lack the mettle to enforce it.
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Why threaten? Just do it.
holder has stonewalled all along lied and should be prosecuted for it if jackson has a problem with that she should be investigated. None there are above the law.
Holder, Obama, Napolitano, Geithner, other White House staff, and many Congressmen and Senators are guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be impeached. The federal government is primarily a huge bartering operation dealing in money and power. It's thoroughly corrupt. So I'm certain that nothing will come of Fast and Furious, Solyndra, or any other looming investigtations. Too many are involved.
They're not going to do squat to Eric Holder .. they're approaching the "confiscate guns" item on their list. Also, they will do nothing to The HONORABLE (what a laugh) Jon Corzine. These two criminals both members of the Big Boys Club, so nobody will touch them. Congress puts on these dog and pony shows to entertain us idiot peons. Goldman Sachs is taking over the world, we are controlled by a psychopath government, they're planning to take us to war, and the ignorant masses are buying their BS and lies. Oh, geez, I didn't mean for the truth to be so depressing!
hang holder and obama
Why is Impeachment of Holder and or Obama such a scary idea for the Democrats especially Progressive Liberals such as Sheela Jackson Lee from Texas. Does she fear that he base of progressives would go down the tubes and she herself might lose her job as well? Hmmmm something that might be good for the entire nation and she is against this idea.
Rep. Jackson Lee's tirade had nothing to do with this investigation into finding the "truth" behind Fast and Furious. I noticed that she did not ask who the "Christian" participants were on the investigative panel. Nice, how the Democrats choose to bring out the "freedoms" guaranteed by our Constitution…yet we have lost so many of those Freedoms under the guise of doing it for the collective good of Human Kind. Operation Fast and Furious has come to light as just another attempt to take away yet another of our Freedoms guaranteed by that same Constitution that she so freely brandished during her speech. This investigation is imperative in uncovering the truths of those who were implicit in this attempt to cast aspersion on the Freedom of the right to bear arms. A covert attempt to "prove" that guns should be outlawed. An Epic failure in that attempt, and a tragedy that has resulted in the loss of innocent Lives. This is not just a "bungled" attempt to find where the guns ended up…it is a botched operation that has ended in murder with the very weapons that were provided…by our own Government. Impeachment, or loss of a JOB, can not satisfy those Lives that call out for Justice!!
Impeachment? Eric Holder and Obama should be sent to prison!
DITTO———–WHY WERE THE DOCUMENTS R/T "FAST & FURIOUS SEALED??
Holder is like Obama—-lie, lie and more lies…………..
Talk's cheap ,don't hold your breath till they do anything ,because you might get mighty blue ,It's all show for the election ,to make us think that somebody is doing their job ,and gain votes .In the end Holder and Obama will thumb their noses ,and go back to bissness as usual .He should be tried for treasion not impeached.The Mexico goverment should be calling his head ,this screw up cost the lives of at least 100 of their people ,and one of our own boarder patrolman .
Dont let go Rep. Sensenbrenner——–hang on like a wild bear till you get the answers WE deserve, otherwise, Holder will lie and BS his way out of this. thank you.
Nothing more than a dog and phony show for all who are willing to waste the time watching and his comments about make it clear they aren't going to do a dam thing about running guns. All these people are so claimed attorney's and not one of them are willing to move forward and place this "Holder" Bum in Jail…what are they waiting for??? BS!!
There are several in WDC who should be impeached. I do not think the congress has the guts to do it.
Fry them all….Traitors! In case you wondered if we had a criminal mafia that has taken over our government..this is more proof.
Impeachment? How about criminal charges? and a long term in prison.
Why aren't more Congressmen taking this stance? Holder's record as AG is atrocious. What we already know about "Fast and Furious" is enough to get him fired or warrants his resignation, but his entire body of work demands that some action be taken if these options are removed. I know that Reno should have been long gone for her awful first term under Clinton, but failure to do the right thing back then doesn't mean Congress should grant a waiver again.
At the very least, a special investigator should be appointed to get into the documents that the JD has hemmed and hawed about releasing to Congress. Without the ability to investigate this properly from the Hill, it's past time to start probing into the information that exists but hasn't been released, and a special investigator would be better able to acquire and discern what the JD is holding back.