Ahead of Fast and Furious hearing, Issa tells Holder ‘lead or resign’

              Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on  Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, before the House Oversight  and Government Reform Committee hearing entitled, “Fast & Furious:  Management Failures at the Department of Justice”.   (AP Photo/J. Scott  Applewhite)

Published: 11:48 PM  06/06/2012

By Matthew Boyle

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FILE – This Feb. 16, 2011 file photo shows California Rep.  Darrell Issa,  at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP  Photo/Alex Brandon, FIle)

Ahead of a Thursday morning House Judiciary Committee hearing to question  Attorney General Eric Holder on Operation  Fast and Furious, House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa  made his message clear: “Lead, follow or get out of the way.”

“When you’re attorney general, you don’t get to follow,” Issa added during an  appearance on the Fox News Channel on Wednesday morning. “So [Holder needs to]  lead or resign.”

On Tuesday, Issa announced that  his committee had obtained evidence proving that senior Department of Justice  officials approved the tactics used in Fast and Furious.

In a letter to Holder, Issa specifically said his committee has “obtained  copies of six wiretap applications in support of seven wire intercepts utilized  during Fast and Furious.” Those documents, he said, “show that immense detail  about questionable investigative tactics was available to the senior officials  who reviewed and authorized them.”

Issa explained that the documents prove that Holder and other Justice  Department officials in the Obama administration provided false statements  to Congress.

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http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/06/ahead-of-fast-and-furious-hearing-issa-tells-holder-lead-or-resign/#ixzz1x6qyJw2q

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