◼ Attorney General Eric Holder is being asked to respond to allegations that he allowed witnesses to be prepped for congressional hearings into Operation Fast and Furious. - Daily Caller
House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, grilled Holder about the new developments in a Monday letter.◼ Did Operation Fast and Furious have a Tampa twin, Operation Castaway - Daily Caller
Issa and Grassley asked Holder why the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has provided potential witnesses with access to a shared digital hard drive containing documents, details and information about the now-defunct Operation Fast and Furious. The shared drive is “replete with pertinent investigative documents” and official ATF emails, Issa and Grassley said....
In the letter, the two legislators also write that the shared drive likely contains documents and information that they have not yet had access to. Issa and Grassley worry about what kind of effects this information could have on the impartiality of potential witnesses.
“This practice harms not only our investigation, but also the independent investigation that you instructed the Inspector General to conduct,” the letter reads....
