ERIC HOLDER IN CONTEMPT

With a 255 vote majority which included 17 Democrats The House held Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal and civil contempt of Congress for lying to Congress, obstructing justice and withholding evidence during his testimony for the Fast and Furious gun running debacle that has cost the lives of hundreds including  one border control agent and one ATF agent.

Most House Democrats in a political show led by their corrupt leader Nancy Pelosi walked out as the vote was being taken but 17 courageous Democrats defied strong arm pressure and stayed for the vote using their mind and conscience to hold the AG accountable for his action. Holder has been caught perjuring himself on at least three occasion during the Fast and Furious testimony as well as refusing to release thousands of pages of documents needed for the investigation which have now been given Executive Privilege by Barack Obama which rasies even more questions about the disastrous gun running program and exactely who was involved in the decision and the planning.

Holder has also in at least two occasions obstructed justice when he went before the Congressional oversight commitee to supposedly negotiate with law makers for the needed documents and instead offered those HE chose for them on the condition that Congress drop the investigation. This along with his withholding the evidence before the move by Obama at the last minute to claim Executive Privilege constitutes obstruction of a legal and necessary investigation of the Justice Department and the particular program known as Fast and Furious.

Congress may not be finished with Holder yet as reports are surfacing that Congress may now arrest Holder for his activites which do constitute felony charges were he in a court room setting for both perjury and his use of the documents to stall the investigation and try to end the investigation in a manner that can be considered coercion.

As the contempt vote was taking place Holder was making a speech before an audience at Disney World joking about how it was not a good day to be in Washington.  This is the first time in our history that a sitting AG has been held in contempt of Congress and  just another in a long line of corruption in an administration that has surpassed what was once considered the most corrupt Presidential administration in history belonging to Richard Nixon.

The House has announced that they will seek court action to force Obama to release the documents he has claimed executive Privilege so this is not yet over. Regardless of what is left Holder has broken the law and found guilty by Congress for his illegal activities and as such has no business in remaining in his position as the Nations, "top cop."  Holder is the lap dog of his boss Obama and should immediately step down and accept the consequences of his illegal activities.

Ken Taylor