(The Hill) — The White House defended Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday in the face of a growing torrent of Republican criticism that he has not been truthful about his knowledge of a botched gun-tracking operation.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said that Holder has been “consistent and truthful” about when he learned of the controversial tactics used in Operation Fast and Furious, which oversaw the sale of thousands of firearms to known and suspected straw buyers for Mexican drug cartels.
“The president believes he’s an excellent attorney general and has great confidence in him, and we absolutely know that the testimony he gave was consistent and truthful,” Carney told reporters at a press briefing.
The staunch defense from the Obama administration comes as Republicans have unleashed a flood of concern over recently released internal Justice Department (DOJ) memos sent to Holder last year from senior agency officials clearly referring to the gun-tracking operation.
In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on May 3, Holder told Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) that Fast and the Furious had been staged without his knowledge. Read more here...
WH Spokesman Jay Carney should be glad he isn't under sworn oath during these press briefings.
It must be nice, to actually get paid and rewarded for LYING-- the rest of US would be thrown out on our keester, for spewing obviously misleading and untrue statements such as Carney's....while his accomplices in the media run to their computers and smartphones to gleefully perpetuate this GARBAGE.
Carney is Schill #1 for Obama...Jarrett is his momma, and he follows the family toke whenever possible. Thing is, we the people ignore these babbling hammerheads completely. That especially includes Barry Obama.
It must be nice, to actually get paid and rewarded for LYING-- the rest of US would be thrown out on our keester, for spewing obviously misleading and untrue statements such as Carney's....while his accomplices in the media run to their computers and smartphones to gleefully perpetuate this GARBAGE.
ReplyDeleteCarney is Schill #1 for Obama...Jarrett is his momma, and he follows the family toke whenever possible. Thing is, we the people ignore these babbling hammerheads completely. That especially includes Barry Obama.
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