Thursday, February 2, 2012

Justice official says congressional deadline for more Fast and Furious documents ‘impossible to meet’

On the eve of U.S. Attorney Eric H. Holder Jr.'s appearance before Congress, a senior Justice Department official said the department cannot meet the deadline Republican lawmakers have set to turn over more documents on the Fast and Furious gun operation or be held in contempt of Congress.

Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said that the February 9 deadline to submit all documents on the botched gun operation set this week by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was "impossible to meet."

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-official-says-congressional-deadline-for-more-fast-and-furious-documents-impossible-to-meet/2012/02/01/gIQAkmb0iQ_story.html

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