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Weekly Wrap-up: Eric Holder — Day Lee Briefing 06/15/12

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June 15, 2012

Weekly Wrap-up: Eric Holder — Day Lee Briefing 06/15/12

This week, Attorney General Eric Holder was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The main issue was Holder’s continued appearance to be hiding things from Congress, whether the problem is national security leaks or Operation Fast and Furious, the gun-walking campaign that sent thousands of guns to drug cartels and resulted in the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. Holder has been uncooperative and has provided different sets of answers at every single stage of the investigation of the operation, and many members of Congress are now calling for his resignation.

Below are just a few of the videos about Holder’s testimony and answers to questioning that were uploaded this week:

 

 

 

And here are two articles about Holder from this week:

Senate Judiciary Committee Puts Holder’s Feet to Fire

Attorney General Eric Holder testified at a hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday afternoon, discussing voter laws, the New York Times’ national security leaks, and, of course, Operation Fast and Furious. It was more of the same, as Democrats came to Mr. Holder’s defense while the Republicans tried to pry out direct answers to withering questions.
 

Who had the worst week in Washington? Attorney General Eric Holder.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. spent the week in the Washington hot seat — and there’s little evidence that his perch is going to get cooler anytime soon.

Finally, below are some of the week’s best tweets about Holder:

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