The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
Holder withheld documents from a congressional investigation into the failed border security operation knownas“Fast and Furious.”
U.S. Representative Raul Labrador (R-ID) has been critical of Holder and Operation Fast and Furious since last year. He spoke on the House floor before the vote. "The Attorney General has not only failed to produce all the relevant documents, he has misled this Congress and thereby prevented us from uncovering the truth."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operated Fast and Furious several years ago. Bureau agents lost track of thousand weapons illegally funneled to a Mexican drug cartel. Some of those guns were found at crime scenes, and resulted in the death of a U.S. Border patrol agent.
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