I keep hearing about how holding Eric Holder in contempt is little more than a witch hunt, and frivolous. But the evidence suggests that it is far from that.
Eric Holder has already committed perjury on the subject. Under oath, he claimed that he had only found out about the operation in the last few weeks. It was then proven that he knew about it long before that. Ten months before that. That's a felony on it's own. He gets away with it by claiming that he misunderstood the question. Fine. But it's out there now.
Obama has claimed executive privilege to protect these documents. This is something that every single president, including George Washington, has claimed at some point during their presidencies. It's a legitimate thing, used to protect highly classified information at the executive level. However, Obama has claimed that the White House knew nothing about it, and were in no way involved. If true, then this means that executive privilege does not apply, since it the executive branch wasn't involved, then it wasn't at the executive level. The other possibility is the Obama lied, and the White House was involved. Either way, it's incredibly suspicious, and appears strongly as though something is being covered up. Either way, this claim to executive privilege is illegitimate.
Eric Holder has offered a deal. He has offered to provide a summary of the documents if the investigation is dropped, and he is no longer pursued. This is ridiculous. It's like agreeing to confess to murder if you can get immunity from it. It's actually more ridiculous then that, since he's still not willing to provide the documents. This is incredibly suspicious, since it shows he has something to protect himself from. If he's innocent of any wrong doing in this, then these documents would exonerate, but presumably put something else in jeopardy, such as agents, or other investigations. That's the only reason to legitimately keep these documents classified, but he's offered to give the information up if he isn't pursued. It means that it's only himself that he intends to protect, and he intends to protect himself from the American people seeking justice.
This behavior is more than suspicious. Any private citizen with evidence like this against him would never get out of being charged with a crime. What's ridiculous is any claim that this shouldn't be investigated. If nothing else, these documents should be read privately by multiple impartial judges, and then determined if they should be held back, or if it seems that there is something being covered up. In fact, if I myself were up against this, I would volunteer to do just that, since if he is in fact innocent of this, the documents would exonerate him. I would publicly offer to allow a group of impartial judges to review the documents. That way, no operations or people could be put in danger, and the people would be satisfied that nothing fishy happened. But he hasn't offered this.
Eric Holder has already committed perjury on the subject. Under oath, he claimed that he had only found out about the operation in the last few weeks. It was then proven that he knew about it long before that. Ten months before that. That's a felony on it's own. He gets away with it by claiming that he misunderstood the question. Fine. But it's out there now.
Obama has claimed executive privilege to protect these documents. This is something that every single president, including George Washington, has claimed at some point during their presidencies. It's a legitimate thing, used to protect highly classified information at the executive level. However, Obama has claimed that the White House knew nothing about it, and were in no way involved. If true, then this means that executive privilege does not apply, since it the executive branch wasn't involved, then it wasn't at the executive level. The other possibility is the Obama lied, and the White House was involved. Either way, it's incredibly suspicious, and appears strongly as though something is being covered up. Either way, this claim to executive privilege is illegitimate.
Eric Holder has offered a deal. He has offered to provide a summary of the documents if the investigation is dropped, and he is no longer pursued. This is ridiculous. It's like agreeing to confess to murder if you can get immunity from it. It's actually more ridiculous then that, since he's still not willing to provide the documents. This is incredibly suspicious, since it shows he has something to protect himself from. If he's innocent of any wrong doing in this, then these documents would exonerate, but presumably put something else in jeopardy, such as agents, or other investigations. That's the only reason to legitimately keep these documents classified, but he's offered to give the information up if he isn't pursued. It means that it's only himself that he intends to protect, and he intends to protect himself from the American people seeking justice.
This behavior is more than suspicious. Any private citizen with evidence like this against him would never get out of being charged with a crime. What's ridiculous is any claim that this shouldn't be investigated. If nothing else, these documents should be read privately by multiple impartial judges, and then determined if they should be held back, or if it seems that there is something being covered up. In fact, if I myself were up against this, I would volunteer to do just that, since if he is in fact innocent of this, the documents would exonerate him. I would publicly offer to allow a group of impartial judges to review the documents. That way, no operations or people could be put in danger, and the people would be satisfied that nothing fishy happened. But he hasn't offered this.
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