A former U.S. Attorney who resigned in the wake of ATF’s botched operation Fast and Furious called Sen. Chuck Grassley’s staff “willing stooges for the Gun Lobby” when the Senator started investigating the issue in early 2011, according to emails DOJ sent up to congressional investigators and released to news organizations, including TPM, on Friday afternoon.
“I am so personally outraged by Senator Grassley’s falsehoods,” former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke wrote in an email regarding the allegation that a weapon connected to the ATF operation was found at the murder scene of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. “It is one of the lowest acts I have ever seen in politics.”
Full story: Ex-U.S. Attorney called Grassley’s staff ‘stooges for the gun lobby’ for Fast And Furious probe