general. they once worked together and republicans believe holder is using the ig investigation to stall congress. >> to stonewall us and deny us access to people who have first-hand knowledgenned the reduce that we can't do it because there is an ig investigation going on is coincidental at best and transparent would probably be a better word. >> history shows that ig reports can be scathing and thorough or a white watch. republicans fear snard's report will not adequately assign blame. 13 times in november holder deferred to the inspector general when asked a question by congress. democrats believe holder is blameless and did not know fast and furious was happening an assertion they believe the ig will confirm. >> they are thorough. they leave no stone unturned. they are hard-hitting. so i think we will have a very good and solid analysis of what went wrong in this