more than 2,000 weapons to be sold illegally across the border. they were going to track them and lost track of a number of them. hundreds ended up with a drug cartel and two ended up at the murder scene of a u.s. border patrol agent. take you back to may when you had the now famous exchange with attorney general holder. here it is. when did you first know about the program officially i believe called fast and furious to the best of your knowledge, what date? 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. chris: i understand that you are going to issue a new set of supermodel pena subpoenas to te attorney general this week. about what. about fast and furious and about why are they denying about knowing about something that they were briefed on exactly when the american people want to know how did it happen. understand we didn t start off going after the attorney general or lenny brewer or any
bill: why? i thought he was a man of strong character, honest, clear-eyed in his approach to the bill: hold it. let me stop you. okay. bill: you like eric holder. clear-eyed, honest guy, right? right. bill: three words. marc rich pardon. you can explain that to me? they all pardon the people who kiss their butts. bill: do you not take that into account? do you not take that into account? i take bill: the big picture. so let s let the biggest tax cheat in american history let him off and give him a pardon. you, geraldo how much of a bigger picture do you get than the biggest tax cheat in history? let me agree with you about fast and furious and his role in this. bill: okay. it s like roger clemens who went before congress and allegedly lied. if eric holder when he said 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 he said that in may of this year.
more than 2,000 weapons to be sold illegally across the border. they were going to track them and lost track of a number of them. hundreds ended up with a drug cartel and two ended up at the murder scene of a u.s. border patrol agent. take you back to may when you had the now famous exchange with attorney general holder. here it is. when did you first know about the program officially i believe called fast and furious to the best of your knowledge, what date? 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. chris: i understand that you are going to issue a new set of supermodel pena subpoenas to te attorney general this week. about what. about fast and furious and about why are they denying about knowing about something that they were briefed on exactly when the american people want to know how did it happen. understand we didn t start off going after the attorney general or lenny brewer or any
that says that mr. holder was not being truthful when said that. today they grilled jay carney about it. i want to go back to fast and furious. what you said the attorney general said is not what he said. he said i m not sure of the exact date but i had probably heard about fast and furious for the first time over the last few weeks. now, the documents say that he was told the first time about this july 2010 and onl octoberf 2010. i would refer you to the department of justice. this is the attorney general. yes, and the president believes he is an excellent attorney general and has great confidence in him and we absolutely know that the testimony he gave was consistent and truthful. bill: joining us, two democratic stallworths, joe trippe here in new york and lanny davis in washington. big story? no, eric holder had no reason to lie. i think there is a mixup on the words he chose.
texas that likely took place under the operation, although officials will not confirm it. president obama was asked about the operation for the first time by spanish tv network univison. the president: there may be a situation in which a serious mistake was made. if that is is the case we ll find out and hold somebody accountable. sean: may 3rd, attorney general holder testified before the house judiciary committee. when did you first know about the program? i m not sure about the exact date i probably heard about fast and furious for the first time over the last few weeks. sean: 2009 arms trafficking conference in mexico, holder delivered a speech not only acknowledging project gun runner but bragging about its expansion saying: it is ironic when the dam first broke, eric holder