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House votes on holding Holder in contempt

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    Lawmakers take up contempt resolution against attorney general

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Fox News alert house lawmakers are right now taking the first in a series of boats toward holding the US attorney general in contempt of congress.

They say he has failed utterly to comply with subpoenas that demand documents.

From an ATF -- Phoenix gun running operation known as operation fast and furious that gun running operation had the cooperation.

Of the DOJ to what extent.

Is not yet known one of the things that trying to find out we'll La -- in Los Angeles -- -- look at what is at the center of all of this today William.

We'll make it this is very much a finger pointing game DOJ.

Blames Phoenix so they lied to them the ATF -- US attorney -- US attorney but in his own staff so critics say this is a fishing expedition.

There right the committee is looking for documents that show who's -- the truth and who's lying.

And this is what they are fishing for go throughout the raw data of what happened on the street levels chronicle in the agents reported the investigation the case agent.

The ATF director says he read those reports and the attorney general -- reported your journeys attorney -- -- staff he concluded they were gun walking.

The committee staff wants to see that smoking gun email.

To impeach that February 4 letter to congress those -- -- wiretap applications from of the DOJ said.

That their top attorneys never saw the actual applications -- to summaries or committee says let's see the Summers to see who's telling the truth and who's not.

The FBI also knew about this investigation.

And because -- -- -- -- was buying guns with taxpayer money the committee has not seen any documents showing what the FBI knew when they approved the gun walking.

WS silly ATF cages that ATF agents case file.

She knows everything and her file will reveal who's telling the truth the whistle blowers or the superiors who say that the ATF stopped every -- -- could within guidelines.

Let's now go to the emails that were following Brian Terry's death.

Following his death the Justice Department wrote a report.

Detailing its involvement and that at the US attorney the committee has not seen that report or any emails.

That were from justice of knowledge during their role in his death.

That they found implausible the total license plate recognition now the ETF claims it stopped every -- it could.

The whistle blowers say that's true not true because they knew the cars in the plate numbers of guns heading south over to Mexico.

And that is why they wanna see that because they claim that the agency knew exactly when those guns were going into Mexico back to you -- thank you.

-- the high court's ruling out.

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