JONES CALLS FOR US ATTORNEY ERIC HOLDER'S RESIGNATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) joined several of his fellow Republican colleagues in calling for the resignation of US Attorney General Eric Holder over Operation Fast and Furious.  Though he was briefed on the issue in 2010, Holder appears to have knowingly given false testimony under oath regarding his knowledge of the plan.  This development is the latest in a troubling string of incidents which have called Mr. Holder’s fitness to serve as America’s chief law enforcement officer into question.  At least 35 members of Congress have now called for Attorney General Holder to resign.  Congressman Jones is the first member from the North Carolina delegation to do so.   

 

In July of 2010, Attorney General Holder filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona and Governor Jan Brewer over the state’s anti-illegal immigration policy.  In February of this year, Holder and the Obama administration decided to no longer recognize the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage.  Holder also dismissed a case against the New Black Panther Party in August of 2009 for one of the most blatant acts of voter intimidation in recent memory.   

 

“Since the Attorney General seems unable to be honest with the American people, it is time for him to go,” said Jones.  “Mr. Holder’s tenure has been marked by troubling decisions, but in the case of ‘Fast and Furious’, it appears that under his watch the lack of judgment at the Justice Department may have cost people their lives.”