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Eric Holder

Aug 23, 2012

Judge resets sentencing in Fast and Furious case

A new sentencing date has been set for a man who admitted to participating in a gun smuggling ring that was being monitored as part of the government's botched investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.

Aug 16, 2012

Trial set for man accused of killing border agent

A federal judge has reset the trial date for a Mexican man charged with killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

Aug 13, 2012

U.S. House files suit against Holder over Fast & Furious records

The Republican-run House on Monday asked a federal court to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding that he produce records on a bungled gun-tracking operation known as Operation Fast and Furious.

Jul 31, 2012

5 ATF officials singled out in GOP report

Five officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives share much of the blame for what went wrong with the Arizona gun-smuggling probe called Operation Fast and Furious, a Republican congressional draft report concludes.

Jun 28, 2012

House votes to hold Holder in contempt over fast and furious documents

Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday became the first sitting Cabinet member held in contempt of Congress, a rebuke pushed by Republicans seeking to unearth the facts behind a bungled gun-tracking operation and dismissed by most Democrats as a political stunt.

Jun 21, 2012

Boehner takes hard line on Holder contempt vote

Speaker John Boehner demanded Thursday that the Obama administration give in and turn over documents related to a botched gun-tracking operation, insisting that's the only way to stop a House vote to hold the attorney general in contempt.

Jun 21, 2012

Holder, GOP open to talks before contempt vote

Both House Republican officials and Attorney General Eric Holder say they're willing to negotiate an end to a potential constitutional confrontation in a dispute related to the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation.

Jun 20, 2012

GOP House committee holds AG Holder in contempt over Fast and Furious

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

Jun 20, 2012

Contempt? GOP lawmakers weigh citing AG Eric Holder over Fast and Furious

In a mounting confrontation with congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama invoked executive privilege Wednesday to withhold documents a House committee is seeking. The panel neared a vote on citing Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt.

Jun 20, 2012

Obama asserts executive privilege over Fast and Furious documents

President Barack Obama invoked executive privilege Wednesday to withhold documents a House committee is seeking in an investigation of a flawed gun-smuggling probe in Arizona.

Jun 19, 2012

Holder and Issa to meet on Operation Fast and Furious

Attorney General Eric Holder wants a House panel to drop plans to try to hold him in contempt of Congress, and the panel's chairman wants more Justice Department documents regarding Operation Fast and Furious, a flawed gun-smuggling probe in Arizona.

May 16, 2012

U.S. Senator seeks examination of Arpaio’s use of federal aid

A U.S. senator has asked federal authorities to consider seeking repayment of federal aid to Maricopa County if they determine that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office used tax dollars from Washington to detain people whose civil rights the sheriff's office is accused of violating.

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