be a wise policy. and tonight judiciary committee member gym says attorney general holder should resign. the congressman of wisconsin joins us. nice to see you, sir. glad to be here, greta. sir, why are you saying he should resign? we never can get any answers out of him. he said on the subpoenas for the press that he wasn t involved in it and yet the regulation specifically requiring approval by the attorney general and negotiation with the press agency that is going to be subject to the subpoena. usa today in this morning s edition claims the justice department said they had notified fox news that james rosen was going to be subpoenaed. fox news said that they never
got any notification and the justice department regulation also says they are supposed to negotiate. none of that ever happened. the attorney general just draws a blank on that. now, he s in charge of the department. at best, he s not in control of the department that the president has named him to be the head of, and at worst he either misled or lied to committees of congress, as well as to the american public about the subpoenas of that gotten not only to fox news but also the a.p. when he was questioned about that, the sound we just played of the attorney general, that was on may 15th. that was before the news broke about what the justice department is doing about james rosen. they had kept that secret. do you think by any chance that the attorney general was trying to keep the investigation confidential or do you think he was trying to mislead congress? he was talking about the a.p. story. but mislead congress or even
got any notification and the justice department regulation also says they are supposed to negotiate. none of that ever happened. the attorney general just draws a blank on that. now, he s in charge of the department. at best, he s not in control of the department that the president has named him to be the head of, and at worst he either misled or lied to committees of congress, as well as to the american public about the subpoenas of that gotten not only to fox news but also the a.p. when he was questioned about that, the sound we just played of the attorney general, that was on may 15th. that was before the news broke about what the justice department is doing about james rosen. they had kept that secret. do you think by any chance that the attorney general was trying to keep the investigation confidential or do you think he was trying to mislead congress? he was talking about the a.p. story. but mislead congress or even
responsible until people can have faith in the government agencies again. instead they are expanding. nbc is reporting tonight, and i guess one of the people involved is also on with sean hannity tonight, the scandal of the irs has grown beyond ohio, that there s a complaint that included tax specialists and lawyers from four offices, including the treasury department in the washington d.c. nbc is reporting and sean hannity is also reporting that this is expanding. it is. and i think this underscores the need for eventually a special counsel to get to the bottom of this. you can t count on the irs to investigate itself. you can t count on the justice department, eric holder, to investigate the irs and the agencies that report to him. so it s got to be done on the outside. congress will do its part but if we are to get to the bottom of this, i think you are unfortunately need a special counsel. and instinctively i m against that sort of thing but this is
there is clearly an organized effort within the irs to target political opponents of the president. that s undeniable. you look at the irs scandal twasn t so much the attempt, there was blatant success there. the suppression of tea party money, donations and votes happened. what this is, it s targeting in the worst way, politically. new concerns over the attorney general, eric holder reviewing his own actions and those of his department and the targeting of journalists including james rosen. not only did the attorney general sign off on that search warrant, he actively discussed it with his staff. that s really important because only two weeks before that friday admission by the doj, holder was testifying you should oath that he had never sought the potential prosecution of reporters. with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material, that is