Subpoena for Holder
Dragging feed on IRS probe.
Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is getting no help from Attorney General Eric Holder in their investigation into the IRS targeting of Tea Party organizations. In a letter to Holder, Issa says the Department of Justice has dragged its feet in the investigation, keeping one of its employees from testifying. While the DOJ is frustrating the “Committee’s Constitutional oversight obligations,” Issa went one step further by issuing a subpoena against the DOJ head. “The Department’s obstruction in this regard, coupled with its failure to produce any relevant material to date, leads the Committee to conclude the Department is not seriously committed to cooperating with the Committee’s investigation on the Committee’s terms.” It’s nice to see someone trying to get to the bottom – er – top of the scandal. More…
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