[...] Practically lost in the 1,000-plus pages of records is an index
that shows
Jarrett
was brought in to manage the fact that Holder lied to Congress after
the story about the disastrous gun-running operation broke in the media.
The files received by JW include three electronic mails between Holder
and Jarrett and one from former U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke to Jarrett.
The e-mails with Holder are all from October 4, 2011, a significant
date because, on the evening of October 3rd, Sharyl Attkisson (then at
CBS news) released documents showing that Holder had been sent a
briefing paper on Operation Fast and Furious on June 5, 2010. The paper
was from the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center, Michael
Walther.
This directly contradicted Holder’s May 3, 2011 testimony to the House
Oversight and Government Reform Committee, during which he stated that
he, “probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the
last few weeks.” The October 4, 2011 date may also be significant
because it came shortly after the August 30, 2011 resignation of U.S.
Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke and reassignment of acting ATF
director Kenneth Melson to the position of “senior forensics advisor”
at DOJ.
The description of one of the e-mails, written from Jarrett to Holder,
reads, “re: personnel issues.” Another, also from Jarrett, reads,
“outlining and discussing preferred course of action for future
responses in light of recent development in congressional
investigation.” Unfortunately, the index is vague and that’s all the
information we have about them. Nevertheless, given the timing and
subject of these e-mails, it seems clear that Jarrett quickly became a
key player in the Fast and Furious cover-up in the immediate aftermath
of the revelation that Holder had lied to Congress.
Despite evidence showing Attorney General Eric Holder lied about when
he became aware of Operation Fast and Furious and about the extent of
his involvement with the initiation of the program, he has maintained
that the testimony he gave under oath to Congress was "truthful and
accurate." As a reminder of the timeline of Holder's inconsistent
testimony:
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there's more ...]
