Holder still holding out hope
Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday that he is still holding out hope that his dispute with House Republicans over Fast and Furious documents can be resolved without his being held in contempt, a move he called "unwarranted."
"We put before the committee a proposal that would have allowed for the resolution of that matter consistent with the way in which these have been resolved in the past, through negotiation," he told reporters in Copenhagen, according to Reuters. "I think that the possibility still exists that it can happen in that way.... The House leadership has to consider now what they will do, so we'll see how it works out."
The House Oversight Committee voted on Wednesday to recommend that Holder be held in contempt after he declined to turn over documents it was seeking in its probe of the defunct Fast and Furious Operation.
"The action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented," Holder told reporters Thursday, Reuters reported.
But Republicans appear dead set on pushing forward. The full House is set to take up the contempt measure next week.