House GOP Leaders Pressure Holder on Fast and Furious
Top House Republicans attempted to ramp up pressure on Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday with a joint letter demanding the Department of Justice comply with a congressional subpoena for materials on the “Operation Fast and Furious” program.
The sting operation, run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, allowed weapons to be purchased illegally in order to track them to senior drug cartel members, but agents lost track of hundreds of weapons in the process.
“The American people deserve to know how such a fundamentally flawed operation could have continued for so long and have a full accounting of who knew of and approved an operation that placed weapons in the hands of drug cartels,” reads the letter signed by House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy and House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa.