Hot-Tempered Holder Lashes Out In Defiance

‘I’m not the cause of IRS doing things that might have been illegal’

WND

Garth Kant

Heated words and insults flew on Capitol Hill Wednesday as GOP lawmakers questioned Attorney General Eric Holder, but very little of it had to do with the three major scandals now swirling around the Obama administration.

The most pointed exchange came when Holder called the behavior of Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif, “unacceptable” and “shameful.”

That was after Issa asked Holder to stop talking so he could resume his line of questioning about Assistant Attorney General and Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez, and emails the congressman accused the Justice Department of trying to hide.

When Holder refused to stop speaking, Issa said, ”Mr. Chairman, will you inform the witness as to the rules of this committee?”

Holder then interrupted to say, “It is too consistent with the way in which you conduct yourself as a member of Congress. It’s unacceptable, and it’s shameful.”

More fireworks erupted later when Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, insisted the FBI failed to follow up on tips about Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev provided by Russian intelligence.

Gohmert’s voice grew steadily louder as he faulted the FBI, and by implication, Holder, for not looking into tips on radicals in Boston-area mosques.

When Holder said some of Gohmert’s information was wrong, the congressman forcefully challenged him to name just one thing he had said that was factually incorrect.

The attorney general did not answer him directly, instead lecturing him, “I know what the FBI did. You cannot know.”

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