effort to head off this showdown. it seems like all that s on the table is give us the document relate together february 42011 letter that 8 months later you, d.o.j. had to withdraw. issa s people believe that letter may have been an attempt to cover up the truth. that s right. it s an incredibly important period of time because it s very rare for the department of justice to withdraw an explanation on something as important as this investigation rough an agent that was killed, thousands of guns in the hands of people who are criminals and we don t know where they are at this point. so it is important for the committee to understand how it came to be that the department of justice did a complete 180, went from the light was read to the light was green in the course of 7 months to change their position entirely on its
he is being investigated for the corrupt activities of impeached illinois governor, now prison convict, bauble goodrich. mika spoke with him and his live in chicago. when you see that jackson is being treated for exhaustion come you will see that is in quotes. no one knows what that means in a relatively young man. a release from the office is on the website as follows committee is being treated for exhaustion, he asked that you respect his family s privacy. quite possibly the exhaustion is related to this investigation from the congressional investigation of committee. and that takes us all the way back with rod blagojevich. what jackson never knew until this republic is that he was
in the death of hundreds of people including possibly the death of an american border patrol agent. this assertion by the white house came in response to a letter that darrell issa, the chairman of the house overnight committee, in issa s letter he alleged this administration is asserting a coverup. writing your privilege assertion means one of two things. either you or your most senior advisers were involved in managing operation fast & furious including the false february 4, 2011 letter provided about it attorney general to our committee or you are asserting a presidential power you know to be unjustified solely for further obstructing a congressional investigation. the white house fires off this people in response to issa s letter and the white house quotes a number of legal experts including former council for president george w. bush who has
over. this is about get to go the truth to the american people and the terry family. it s not good personals here. once again, they are going after eric holder because he is supporting measures to overturn voter suppression knish tills in the states. this is no accident, it is no coincidence. a member of the house overnight committee, congressman tray how you are you, sir? good to see you, greta. do you believe the attorney general or the president of the united states is hiding something? they have to be. i was talking to my daughter tonight and i said honey when you make a good score on a test you can t wait to tell me but i have to pull it out of you when you don t get a good score. we volunteer good information. if these documents exonerated the attorney general or the department of justice he would
where do things stand, mike, when it comes to the face-to-face meeting between the attorney general and darrell issa? reporter: we know the attorney general wanted to meet this hour, 11:00 a.m. eastern time. chairman issa countered with 5:00 p.m. they want other people in the room. chuck grassley, the top republican in the senate who has been investigating the fast and furious matter. the attorney general would like key democrats from the respective house and senate committees there as well. they re trying to hammer out essentially when on the schedule they can all get together. i checked with the committee, house overnight committee with several key aides. they say no documents have been received from the justice department which is significant because of course they want to go through the documents to see if the department of justice is complying with the subpoena and whether to call off the contempt of congress effort in the house oversight committee tomorrow. but at this hour l