now, let s talk about his tenure as attorney general will have let me let him jump in.nc one of the pointse you made wasu has he done anything illegal? the question is, didpoin he lieo congress may 15 when he said he didn t know anything about it? as far as going to a judge, hed had to shop to the third judge before he found one that would sign off on this cause the first two decided that the justice department had no business going after reporters.n two things, one, if republicans are going to come to say look, we do not think that the government should have the power to subpoena whoever they want for whatever reason they want, just because they throw the word terrorism in there, then i think that we should have a bigat progressive pizza party at the motorcycle sometimes building. i think that s great day if republicans are now on thisiss train for limited subpoena power for the federal government. in termsew y of eric holder s e, i understand whatrms tara is trg to sort of drive a
of the reports confirming that i did nothing proper i do deserve my good name back. geraldo: he is the chief law enforcement officer but right now like others before him, it is attorney general holder that needs a good lawyer. the attorney genera attorney ge great state of florida joins me. pam bondy. i m delight. thank you. geraldo: what is general holder s biggest legal challenge right now? yes. has abouten in front of congress and the issue he is facing is whether he gave false testimony to congress and, of course, that involves really there are two issues. the fact that journalists were targeted. and not only the soughs 88ed press but fox news. and we know that he personally authorized that search warrant to go after journalists. however, the ultimate question is whether on may 15 he committed perjury.
congressman jim sensenbrenner, a republican from washington. thank you for your time today. good afternoon, shannon. shannon: and i wanted to first ask you, first of all, let me outline what the attorney general said in case folks don t know exactly what he said on may 15 before the committee. with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material that is not something that i have ever been involved in. went on to say i have never even heard of that. where is the conflict for you in what we now know about the attorney general involvement in some of these cases? well, i guess the answer to that is about nine days after the attorney general said that the justice department said that the subpoenas against fox news correspondent james rosen were approved by the highest levels of the justice department including participation by the attorney general. now, the subpoena or the
mexican cartels used to murder innocent civilians and a border patrol and i.c.e. agents. i believe the following is in order. an indictment. one that contains the following charges. count one, perjury for the may 15 statement before the house judiciary that you eric holder know nothing about the potential prosecution of the press, that it is not something you have been involved in when in truth you not only knew the statement was not true you but you actually personally approved the seeking of a warrant for those records. count two. knowingly making a false statement in relation to a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch for that same testimony. although here with an enhanced sentence for obstruction. count three. for your role in fast and furious aiding and abetting a false statement in the letter to the senate judiciary committed dated february 4, 2012 by your deputy ron white
of the reports confirming that i did nothing proper i do deserve my good name back. geraldo: he is the chief law enforcement officer but right now like others before him, it is attorney general holder that needs a good lawyer. the attorney genera attorney ge great state of florida joins me. pam bondy. i m delight. thank you. geraldo: what is general holder s biggest legal challenge right now? yes. has abouten in front of congress and the issue he is facing is whether he gave false testimony to congress and, of course, that involves really there are two issues. the fact that journalists were targeted. and not only the soughs 88ed press but fox news. and we know that he personally authorized that search warrant to go after journalists. however, the ultimate question is whether on may 15 he committed perjury.