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Is White House taking Holder contempt vote seriously

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    Peter Johnson, Jr. weighs in

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I would tell you all morning just heard -- promo attorney general Eric Holder will -- Capitol Hill again today in relation.

To operation fast and furious so -- the White House feel about this joining us now at the reaction Fox's legal analyst Peter Peter Peter Johnson junior are they wary Peter.

Oh sure they're worried because this is an election year in the mainstream media has said you don't need to know about fast and furious this gun walking operation that went wrong.

And which the federal government didn't -- everything about.

If there's a contempt proceeding.

Then the entire world has to cover it.

It doesn't happen much we we saw with attorney general Reno.

We've seen it with the secretary -- of the interior back in the eighties.

Secretary of state Kissinger.

Even and other officials.

The -- the issue -- does this goal all the way if it goes all the way it goes to the US attorney.

In Washington DC and then mr.

holder would be subject to year in jail and a 100000 dollar fine.

No anticipates that happening and probably in the end.

These documents will in fact I come forward but it's an opportunity to talk about.

In important public issue but I Taylor -- that if you believe the documents will eventually go -- -- want to do it now and avoid -- absolutely.

I I think in that -- is bad lawyering.

It's better to say yeah okay we've given 7500 documents.

We haven't given the documents.

That you want.

We're not asserting executive privilege that somehow they're protected documents.

Give the documents up let the chips fall where they make.

Let people make their own impressions.

About what the feds knew and didn't do and whether they told congress the truth -- predict -- not -- your predictions actually come out we'll get out of committee do you believe -- ever go to a house vote with five months from an election you know it it it may get out of committee the committee may in fact vote a contempt.

Citation and and they it and they kind of be reported to the full house whether there's a full house vote.

Is another question I and I anticipate the documents will be.

-- because they should -- -- law I've veto is great to see which reduces -- -- big week for fast and furious back in two minutes.

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