OBAMA's JUSTIC DEPT. LOSES CREDIBILITY

October 31, 2011


New Gun Walking Documents Show Criminal Division Knew More
than Previous Acknowledged



Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley
made the following statement after the Justice Department
provided more than 650 pages of documents related to the
congressional inquiry into Operation Fast and Furious.
Grassley has been conducting oversight of the strategy since January.


“There are 652 pages of documents that our investigators will scour
over the next several days, beyond the few that the Justice
Department pointed out. At first glance, though, the documents
indicate that contrary to previous denials by the Justice
Department, the criminal division has a great deal of culpability
in sweeping the previous Wide Receiver strategy under the rug and
then allowing the subsequent Operation Fast and Furious to
continue without asking key questions.

“Most importantly, officials raised very appropriate questions
related to Operation Wide Receiver at the same time that many of
these same officials were receiving briefings on Operation Fast
and Furious. It begs the question why they didn’t ask the same
important policy questions about an ongoing case being run out
of the same field division.

“It also appears that the impression left to Senate Judiciary
Committee staff was false during a briefing by Deputy Assistant
Attorney General Jason Weinstein and several others last February.
Despite their denials of gun walking, it appears that senior DOJ
officials clearly knew that it had happened in Operation Wide
Receiver and ignored the red flags that it was happening in Fast and Furious.

“With every document that comes out, the Justice Department loses
credibility and the faith of the American people.”