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Contempt of Congress [1] ... and then subjected to punishment as the chamber may dictate ... Eric Holder, Attorney General: June 20, 2012
Contempt of Congress is an enforcement mechanism for lawmakers that is enshrined in the legal code. ... then-Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt related to the gun-running operation ...
The last time such an effort was successful was in 2012 when a Republican-controlled House voted to make then-Attorney General Eric Holder the first sitting Cabinet member to be held in contempt ...
Garland is not the first attorney general to be held in contempt — both Attorneys General Eric Holder and William Barr were held in contempt in 2012 and 2019 respectively. The Justice Department ...
On June 28, 2012, Holder became the first sitting member of the Cabinet of the United States to be held in criminal contempt of Congress by the House of Representatives for refusing to disclose internal Justice Department documents in response to a subpoena. The vote was 255–67 in favor, with 17 Democrats voting yes and a large number of ...
On June 20, 2012, President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege to withhold certain Department of Justice documents related to the Operation Fast and Furious controversy ahead of a United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to produce the ...
Years before that, then-Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt related to the gun-running operation known as Operation Fast and Furious. The Justice Department also took no action ...
That was when the GOP-controlled House voted to make then-Attorney General Eric Holder the first sitting Cabinet member to be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents ...