U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder moments ago, while testifying before Congress, took a moment to scold Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, calling his conduct “unacceptable” and “shameful.”
“Issa aggressively questioned Holder about the Obama administration’s discussions with Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez, and suggested that there was a violation of the Federal Records Act that the Obama administration was covering up,” Sahil Kapur at Talking Points Memo reports:
Holder interrupted to dispute his claim.
“No, no, no, that’s — I am not going to stop talking now,” he said.
Issa called on the committe chairman to ask Holder to stop talking, but Holder refused.
“It is inappropriate and too consistent with the way in which you conduct yourself as a member of Congress,” the attorney general said. “It is unacceptable. It is shameful.”
Holder is correct.
Issa, as the Chairman of the Oversight committee, has gleefully attempted to find scandal and misdeeds within the Obama administration, and when unable to, after years of holding hearing, lied to the American people by claiming Hillary Clinton personally signed orders refusing security to diplomats in Benghazi.
Issa yesterday, hypocritically lambasted the Obama White House and Holder’s Department of Justice for accessing phone records from the AP, while not admitting he voted against a media shield law that would have prevented the action.