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Attorney General Eric Holder has refused The Daily Caller’s request for a sit-down interview on Operation Fast and Furious, the latest stonewalling effort by the Department of Justice over the scandal. (more)

Watch out, you ladies at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith: Those feet under the stall next to you might just belong to a 38-year-old man. (more)

Six House Republican freshmen have written to Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor demanding they bring a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress to the House floor for a vote as soon as possible. (more)

The U.S. Department of Justice struck back on Tuesday against House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa’s push to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a congressional subpoena related to Operation Fast and Furious. (more)

The Department of Justice is being encouraged to follow in the footsteps of the FBI in cutting off all non-investigative ties to the country’s largest Muslim advocacy organization, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). (more)

Congressional Democrats are abandoning their party line en masse to support efforts to hold the administration accountable for Operation Fast and Furious. (more)

President Barack Obama has threatened to veto a Department of Justice appropriations bill House Republicans passed because, among other things, it includes a provision that blocks a gun control rule passed in the wake of Operation Fast and Furious. (more)

Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz pitched House Democrats Wednesday evening to join him and other Republicans in demanding Attorney General Eric Holder comply with a lengthy congressional subpoena issued over the failed Operation Fast and Furious gun scandal. (more)

The Department of Justice is using official resources to publicly defend a career employee in the Civil Rights Division Voting Section who made inflammatory comments about Mississippi voters. (more)

Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah was the only Democrat who verbally criticized South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy’s measure to cut Department of Justice officials’ paychecks that passed the House by voice vote — a sign of overwhelming support — on Tuesday night. (more)

Another Democrat is openly refusing to defend embattled Attorney General Eric Holder — a possible sign that support from those in his own party is waning. (more)

A motion South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy introduced this week to cut Department of Justice employees’ salaries by $1 million passed the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote — a sign of overwhelming support — on Tuesday. (more)

Now that there’s bipartisan support for House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa to enforce the Operation Fast and Furious subpoena Attorney General Eric Holder has failed to comply with, Issa is pushing for more Democrats to jump on board and support his cause.  (more)

As House Republicans gear up for contempt of Congress proceedings against Attorney General Eric Holder for his failure to comply with all 22 categories of the congressional Operation Fast and Furious subpoena served on him in October, two more House members have expressed “no confidence” in his leadership. (more)

A spokeswoman for House oversight committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa told The Daily Caller that Attorney General Eric Holder could still avoid the contempt of Congress proceedings on the horizon — if he cooperates with the congressional subpoena he’s thus far failed to comply with. (more)

A draft of a ”contempt of Congress” citation House Republicans released on Thursday shows that Attorney General Eric Holder is still far from complying with a congressional subpoena over Operation Fast and Furious. And even within the categories of the subpoena where his Department of Justice has taken some action, Holder’s document production has been minimal. (more)

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A contempt of Congress citation targeting Attorney General Eric Holder, which was released on Thursday, details exactly what Operation Fast and Furious-related information he has refused to provide to Congress. (more)

Every president, upon assumption of office, takes an oath to “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States” and to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” The president’s attorney general, serving as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, is charged with faithfully upholding those laws for the president. After three years of pursuing selective and politically charged “justice,” it’s time for President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to start following the law. If they refuse to do so, Congress must rein them in. (more)

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, released a new report on Monday outlining why he believes the Obama administration’s Department of Justice “has become more partisan than ever.” (more)