Issa Threatens Obama Admin with Contempt Proceedings
Congressman Darrell Issa is threatening the Obama administration with contempt hearings if it continues to stonewall his investigation of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). In a letter Issa sent ATF Director Ken Melson earlier today, the California Republican blasted the agency for failing to meet the April 13 deadline for his subpoena. Issa, the chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is investigating Project Gunrunner and Operation Fast and Furious — two ATF programs that may have cost the lives of two federal agents
Assistant Attorney General Ronald Welch refused to comply with a subpoena Issa handed down on March 31, citing the Justice Department’s “ongoing criminal investigations.” Issa retorted, “We are not conducting a concurrent investigation with the Department of Justice, but rather an independent investigation of the Department of Justice.”
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Harold
It is foreseeable both American and Mexican surviving family members of those killed by guns the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms’ provided drug cartels, may sue U.S. Government, i.e. U.S. Taxpayers for millions. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms’ helping the sale of guns to drug cartel terrorists across the U.S. Border was extremely stupid. One can’t help wonder if The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms’ or their handlers—were trying to instigate gun violence on the Mexico/US Border to justify the U.S. Congress passing new gun laws that would restrict or curtail gun ownership rights in the U.S.