Mr. Holder not only failed to oppose the President in what was widely regarded as a travesty ofjustice, we now know that he improperly facilitated the pardons themselves, then aided and abetted the President's refusal to be publicly accountable for them by gagging the entire Justice Department using the claim of Executive privilege.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, sent a 17-page memo and a draft contempt resolution to members of his committee Thursday, outlining what he argued was Justice Department's "refusal" to comply with the panel's probe to get information about the sting.