Holder's Chief of Staff to Resign After Critical Fast and Furio

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by MATTHEW BOYLE (/COLUMNISTS/MATTHEW-BOYLE) 3 Dec 2012, 5:43 PM PDT POST A COMMENT

Attorney General Eric Holders chief of staff, Gary

Grindler, plans to resign his post at the Department of Justice on Wednesday. Grindler was directly involvedin the Operation Fast and Furious scandal.

Congressional investigators from House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issasand Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassleys offices detailedGrindlers involvement (http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/29/congressional-fast-and-furious-report-places-blame-on-senior-justice-department-officials/) in a recent report.They say Grindler, with other senior DOJ officials, attended a detailed briefing onOperation Fast and Furious in March 2010.

Despite the evidence presented at the briefing of illegally-purchased firearms beingrecovered in Mexico and in the U.S., Grindler and Siskel failed to ask probing questions or

take any significant follow-up action to monitor and supervise the conduct of the case, apress release accompanying the report added.

Grindlers handwritten notes from the meeting have become a focal point of the Fast andFurious investigation in Congress.

At that time, Grindler was Holders Deputy Attorney General the second-highest rankingJustice Department official. On Jan. 3, 2011 after Border Patrol agent Brian Terry waskilled, but before Fast and Furious was known to the public Holder moved Grindler fromthe DAG spot over to become his chief of staff. Throughout the Fast and Furious scandalsdevelopment up until this point, Grindler has remained in that spot.

The DOJs internal Inspector General also ripped Grindler for his part in Fast and Furious.We determined that Grindler learned on December 17, 2010, of the link between weapons

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found at the Terry murder scene and Operation Fast and Furious but did not inform the Attorney General about this information, the Inspector General wrote. He chidedGrindler for relying on the FBI, which was incapable of investigating crucial facets of thecase:

We believe that he should have informed the Attorney General as well as made anappropriate inquiry of ATF or the U.S. Attorneys Office about the connection.Grindler told us that he was relying on the FBI to investigate the homicide and that would include investigation of the weapons in question. We found that Grindlersreliance on the FBI was misplaced given that it did not have the responsibility todetermine whether errors in ATFs investigation led to the weapons ending up at themurder scene or why ATF failed to take law enforcement action against Avila fornearly one year and did so only after Agent Terrys murder. We also believe thatGrindler should have ensured that the Department of Homeland Security wasinformed about the linkage.

In a late Monday statement, Issa lauded Grindlers resignation and said he expects moreFast and Furious accountability in the near future. Gary Grindler was appropriately faulted by his Departments own Inspector General for keeping information about aconnection between the murder of a Border Patrol Agent and a mishandled departmentoperation away from the Attorney General and the Department of Homeland Security,Issa said in a statement. His departure from the Justice Department is warranted andlong overdue. Other figures in Operation Fast and Furious are currently being evaluated

for their conduct in the reckless effort that needlessly placed lives in danger. I expect moredepartures and discipline to come.

When asked if his resignation this week has anything to do with Fast and Furious, aJustice Department spokesperson told Breitbart News that the two are not related at all.

In a statement, Holder praised Grindler. Since returning to the Department in 2009,Gary has distinguished himself as an exceptional public servant, a trusted advisor, and aprincipled leader, Holder said. He continued his ovation:

Throughout his tenure as Acting Deputy Attorney General and as my chief of staff Gary has played a central role in our work to protect the American people and I will always be grateful for his dedication to the Department, his service to ourNation, and his sound advice and personal friendship. He has demonstrated time

and again his good judgment and an ability to make the tough and correct decisions. I cannot imagine the Department without Gary, though I wish him all the best as he considers opportunities in the private sector and I know that hisextraordinary contributions will continue to guide our efforts.

More than 130 House Republicans and several GOP U.S. senators have demandedHolders resignation in the wake of the gun-walking scandal. A bipartisan group in theHouse also voted Holder into civil and criminal contempt of Congress.

Over the weekend, reports surfaced (http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/11/30/report_security_clearances_revoked_criminal_charges_pending_for_atf_fast_and_furious_officials)that several other officials involved in Fast and Furious were fired.

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Bus, meet Gary. Gary, Meet bus.

POPPYGIRL

A LIKE REPLY minutes ago F

Let us pray he has good security ....

DAWNDAWN

A LIKE REPLY 32 minutes ago 1 Like F

The white cracker must go!

DID_HE_JUST_SAY_THAT

A LIKE REPLY 15 minutes ago in reply to did_he_just_say_that 1 Like F

...das righty whitey... de ole tarbaby wan let go...

AUNTGIDDY

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Accessory to murder.

When he is charged in whatever state that Agent Terry died in, the AG is no longer in charge of t heproceedings. This will clean Grindler's clock and it can lead right to Obama for 2014 impeachment.

TJFOD


Sounds like the stuff may hit the fan. Blood on his hands and he thinks he can just walk away ?

TRAILERLINE


Resignation alone is not sufficient. They all need to be charge with criminal charges as accessories to BrianTerry's murder, 300 civilian deaths in M exico, and 2000+ charges of gun running.

Brian Terry's family should be awarded all their assets including pensions, bank accounts and all personalproperty as compensation for their crimes. Nothing should be permitted to be transferred to their wives oranyone else.

LITTLE_JOHNNY


First Fast & Furious will lead to Obamao's desk... Then Benghazi... Impeachment after 2014 is looking evenbetter.

KOROPOKKUR


So, finally, the "sacrificial lamb" has been chosen...

Doubtless, he will be well compensated for taking one for the team.

Posterity will, nevertheless, record Holder's shameless lying and obfuscation,

his historic contempt of Congress;

culminating in obama's invocation of executive privilege.

NANOFLEX

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A LIKE REPLY 3 minutes ago in reply to nanoflex F

Dunno about the compensation .... He may be on the road to a dirt nap .... He knows way too much!!!!....

A LIKE REPLY 1 hour ago 7 Likes F

Mr. Grindler, meet Bus.Bus, meet Mr. Grindler.

SARAHCONNOR2

A LIKE REPLY 12 minutes ago in reply to sarahconnor2 1 Like F

When obama and holder meet bus that will be a great day in the History of the USA

THREETOEDBEARKILLER

A LIKE REPLY 2 minutes ago in reply to ThreeToedBearkiller F

I am waiting for that day .... Karma .... What goes around comes around! ....

DAWNDAWN


Obama citing executive privilege to conceal the truth about this scheme is a national disgrace. Holder is thefinger in the dyke (no pun intendedthough enjoyed) protecting Obama from being held accountable for this.

130 House Republicans calling for Holder's resignation need to speak up a little LOUDER please! WE CAN'THEAR YOU!

VAPTORIOUS


Any! and I mean any head of an organization that isn't f ully aware of what their Chief of Staff is doing needs toresign!

AZSMITTY

A LIKE REPLY 32 minutes ago in reply to AZsmitty F

hey the muslim false flag Obama doesn't know anything.....

TJFOD


Fall guy.

YEPHORA


No one told Holder anything..................?

D1CARTER

A LIKE REPLY 41 minutes ago in reply to d1carter 2 Likes F

Talk about a "Den of Iniquity." This Chicago style culture of corruption just seems to go on and on.

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