House committee cites Holder for contempt

 
By PETE YOST | Modified: June 20, 2012 at 12:00 am | Published: June 21, 2012   

WASHINGTON — Setting up a potential constitutional confrontation, a GOP-controlled House panel voted Wednesday to cite Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress, just hours after President Barack Obama invoked executive privilege — for the first time — to withhold documents demanded by the committee.

photo - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Holder was found in contempt in the investigation of the Fast and Furious gun operation.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Holder was found in contempt in the investigation of the Fast and Furious gun operation.

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The party-line vote was 23-17, following hours of caustic debate. The controversy goes next to the full House, where Republican Speaker John Boehner said there would be a vote next week unless...
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