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Will Congress postpone contempt vote against Eric Holder?

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    House Oversight Committee to receive more than a thousand documents

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Hours away from a face to face meeting -- lawmakers over fast and furious.

The attorney general hoping to postpone a contempt vote against him in congress.

And William La Jeunesse is live -- that story as he has been from the beginning of all of this in LA now William good morning.

Well bill I can tell you that oversight committee chairman -- -- has a fight on his hands not with just with the attorney general but also within his own party some Republicans want the content vote to go forward tomorrow while others want this investigation over they feel -- this election year distraction.

The irony is we -- -- would be here.

If not for John Dotson.

Who -- his career or right or wrong.

What.

Made you decide to be a whistle before.

I knew we had done.

And then I knew that they were trying to line.

I can tell they were trying to distance themselves and distance the fast and furious investigation away from Brian Terry Thompson.

John doesn't help stop operation fast and furious by going public but he paid a price and it's and it's miserable it's.

It mean -- what.

The only thing I wanted to do is -- job -- left Phoenix at a financial loss move for children to new schools in South Carolina.

And now sits at home while the scandal plays out internally.

I can't do my job and and every time that I go even if I help another age and I endanger their case.

-- -- -- under this this cloud of.

Accusation nobody can making decisions has -- even bothered asking him what happened.

What went on.

Within your group somebody do you regret what you did well.

Second thoughts.

Now to me on the resume her choice.

But there was for dozens of others who stayed silent even after the death of agent Terry.

To protect their job pension and way of life.

A lot of people can't talk because they fear the retribution if you're losing their jobs that can't.

Did it -- -- -- to provide for their -- -- to me it was far more important to be the man that my son thinks.

Then happens like this.

Now there's a lot of pressure on the hill today the union represented in the Border Patrol yesterday.

Call for -- to resign while the NAACP supports hold.

That 1 TI am told bill as the National Rifle Association they want this vote to go forward and they're letting congressman now that they're watching if they oppose it.

That could go on their score -- agent Dotson says one or the other he simply wants -- truth to come out.

Those responsible.

Accountable we shall see shortly William thank you we -- us from Los Angeles.