Evidence of perjury?

Examiner
William Heuisler

Attorney General Eric Holder gave a false sworn statement before the House Judiciary Committee in May of 2011…carelessly forgetting a speech he gave in April of 2009.

 At the May 3rd Judiciary Committee hearing, Congressman Darrell Issa asked Eric Holder, “When did you first know about the program officially, I believe, called Fast and Furious? To the best of your knowledge, what date?”

Holder responded: “I’m not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.” (Hollingsworth, 2011)

According to CBS News investigative correspondent, Sharyl Attkisson, about Operation Fast and Furious - widely known as Operation Gunrunner, "Holder's office at first vehemently denied ATF has ever knowingly allowed weapons to get into the hands of suspected gunrunners for Mexico's drug cartels." (Attkisson, 2011)

Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s mother has demanded to know who authorized the ATF weapon smuggling that caused the death of her son in the desert south of Tucson.

She will find her answer in a two-year-old speech of Attorney General Eric Holder.

In a speech recorded in the Justice News, (Justice Department’s site of record) the Attorney General himself announced Operation Gunrunner back in 2009:

In Cuernavaca, Mexico, on April 2, 2009, Eric Holder said: "Last week, our administration launched a major new effort to break the backs of the cartels. My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner.


DEA is adding 16 new positions on the border, as well as mobile enforcement teams, and the FBI is creating a new intelligence group focusing on kidnapping and extortion. DHS is making similar commitments, as Secretary Napolitano will detail." (Holder, 2009)

Attorney General Eric Holder gave a false sworn statement before the House Judiciary Committee in May of 2011…carelessly forgetting a speech he gave in April of 2009.

 At the May 3rd Judiciary Committee hearing, Congressman Darrell Issa asked Eric Holder, “When did you first know about the program officially, I believe, called Fast and Furious? To the best of your knowledge, what date?”

Holder responded: “I’m not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks.” (Hollingsworth, 2011)

 According to CBS News investigative correspondent, Sharyl Attkisson, about Operation Fast and Furious - widely known as Operation Gunrunner, "Holder's office at first vehemently denied ATF has ever knowingly allowed weapons to get into the hands of suspected gunrunners for Mexico's drug cartels." (Attkisson, 2011)

Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s mother has demanded to know who authorized the ATF weapon smuggling that caused the death of her son in the desert south of Tucson.

She will find her answer in a two-year-old speech of Attorney General Eric Holder.

In a speech recorded in the Justice News, (Justice Department’s site of record) the Attorney General himself announced Operation Gunrunner back in 2009:

In Cuernavaca, Mexico, on April 2, 2009, Eric Holder said: "Last week, our administration launched a major new effort to break the backs of the cartels. My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner. DEA is adding 16 new positions on the border, as well as mobile enforcement teams, and the FBI is creating a new intelligence group focusing on kidnapping and extortion. DHS is making similar commitments, as Secretary Napolitano will detail." (Holder, 2009)

 

Therefore, Attorney General Eric Holder’s May 3rd, 2011 sworn statement to Congress is  proven knowingly false by his public statement in Cuernavaca, Mexico on April 2nd, 2009.
Under 18 U,S.C. 1621 Federal Perjury Law forbids, “…presenting material false statements under oath in Federal Official proceedings.” (Doyle 2010)


Attkisson, S. (2011). CBSNEWS. Obama talks “Fast and Furious” ATF scandal. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20075484-10391695.html

Doyle, C. (2010). Congressional Research Service. Perjury under Federal Law. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/98-808.pdf

Holder, E. (2009). Justice News. United States Department of Justice. Attorney General Eric Holder at the Mexico/ United States Arms Trafficking Conference. http://www.justice.gov/ag/speeches/2009/ag-speech-090402.html

Hollingsworth, B. (2011). The Examiner. Beltway Confidential. Holder bragged about Operation Gunrunner in 2009. http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/07/holder-bragged-about-operation-gunrunner-2009

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