California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa today aggressively questioned Attorney General Eric Holder over Rep. Joe Sestak’s suggestion that he was offered a high-ranking Obama administration job in exchange for dropping his Pennsylvania Democratic primary challenge against Sen. Arlen Specter.
Issa has called for a special prosecutor to investigate Sestak’s claim. At a Justice Department Oversight committee hearing today, he pressed Holder on why allegations Issa cast as “bribery of public officials,” among other violations, were not being investigated by the Justice Department.
Issa complained that no witnesses have been questioned and expressed consternation that the White House has only addressed the matter through press secretary Robert Gibbs, who has said that any conversations between the White House and Sestak were “not problematic.”
Holder told Issa that the appointment of a special prosecutor is something that is “done on a case-by-case basis,” prompting Issa to interrupt and ask how this situation did not fall into that category.
Holder said “there are regulations that are in place and there are requirements that have to be met before a special prosecutor” can be appointed, noting that the matter calls to the Department’s public integrity section.
He declined to specifically discuss Sestak’s charges, telling Issa, “I don’t talk about any matter that might come into the purview of the Department of Justice.”
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Like he'd sic the dogs on his 'ace duce' partner… We know that won't come about. Issa needs to get the Justice Dept. on it… White house bribery of US Senator to 'lay down' in an election to 'rig' it… sounds like a few serious felonies to me!
Holder is used to defending terrorist, well man made disaster makers. This admin won't investigate anything related to any of the people who work for him, period. He is a gangster and so are the rest of his admin! Chicago style politics, I prefer to call it crime, but then who am I to judge! What he's doing to this country is a crime, treason, and he should be brought to trial and jailed along with the rest of his cronies! IMPEACH THIS AZZHOLE NOW!!!!
Holder is a freaking IDIOT!!!!!
Maybe, just maybe Holder could be a policeman in NYC. BUT….. absolutely nothing Of a higher grade.
He really is a first class FOOL !!
The only thing Eric Holder would be good at is, wearing an orange jumpsuit and picking up garbage along the U.S. highways!
Holder is asocialists,communist Racists and a Muslim wannabe.When I heard that he would NOT chatge the two "Black Panthers" for the racist stunt they pulled when they set their selves in front of a Penn. Polling location and was saying racists remarks and telling everyone whitey will be taking orders from aBlack man?With all this caught on tape they refuse to even give them a ticket for swimg a billy club and scareing voters when they apporached.He is aCOWARD" and he refuses to do his job?his frist job is to uphold the Contitution and he has refused to even check out the charges on the white house for the felonies that was offered to certain peoples?and the facts that Obamas Conn.social that he is using from Hawaii?or the fact that petitions and letters sent to him ,he has denied ever recieving any letter or other source of acuastions that Obama has lied and got away with?Recieving campaign funds from Foriegners?His Own aunt was caught sending money to Obama.and 2 saudia citizens that donated to his campaign wanted their money back when they only got boxes of Obamas T shirt? Impeach HIM!