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Major Report Released On Fast And Furious, DOJ Official Resigns
A major report released Wednesday on the Operation Fast and Furious scandal faulted a range of federal agencies for the failed anti-gunrunning program — and has resulted in the resignation of one Justice Department official. Jason Weinstein, the deputy assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division, is resigning in the wake of the Justice Department…
Read MoreLong-Awaited ‘furious’ Report Places Blame On ATF, Justice
Dozens of senior-level U.S. government officials turned a blind eye to public safety as they pursued an ill-conceived and poorly managed investigation into gun trafficking in Mexico, according to a long-awaited inspector general’s report on Operation Fast and Furious. Portions of the Justice Department IG report, which has not been made public, were obtained exclusively…
Read MoreRep. Issa Announces House Oversight Committee Will Sue Eric Holder
“We are filing charges against Attorney General Eric Holder tomorrow.†Those words, sent in a Tweet at 8:40 PM yesterday by House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, signal what may become the first serious existential legal challenge to an Obama administration official yet filed. It also marks a very clear escalation in Issa‘s investigation of…
Read MoreFederal Agent says Approvals are SOP for Operations that Break Laws
The only things we know for certain about ATF’s disastrous Fast and Furious operation so far are: thousands of firearms were secreted into Mexico by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) without the Mexican government’s knowledge; hundreds of Mexicans and one US Border Patrol agent were killed by these guns; Attorney General…
Read MoreHigh-Ranking Mexican Drug Cartel Member Makes Explosive Allegation: ‘Fast and Furious’ Is Not What You Think It Is
A high-ranking Mexican drug cartel operative currently in U.S. custody is making startling allegations that the failed federal gun-walking operation known as “Fast and Furious†isn’t what you think it is. It wasn’t about tracking guns, it was about supplying them — all part of an elaborate agreement between the U.S. government and Mexico’s powerful…
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