flip flopper. i think republican ares are taking a good hard look at gingrich even though he is running behind obama they like the fact that gingrich is tough, a good debater. they are focus the on his good qualities right now and that is why he is consolidating his support and rising so fast in the polls. judge jeanine: all right, guys. tom and chris, thanks so much for being with us this evening. and calls for eric holder s resignation are getting louder in light of the coverup of fast and furious. holder says he is staying. i met with the men investigating the department of justice. ( phone ringing )
united states. part of a government sting called operation fast and furious. approved by the department of justice, fast and furious allows gun dealers to purchase and smuggle illegal weapons into mexico. the guns were supposed to be tracked to nab big fish in mexican crime organizations. but the weapons were never traced. of the 2,000 guns led go across the border, 1400 are never recovered. fast and furious is a da versus territories and now everyone involved is running for cover. will you answer that question? you answere answered it lesn truthfully thursday the congressional committee investigating who knew what and when grilled attorney general eric holder about the botched operation. it is an unfortunate reality that we will continue to feel the effects of this flawed operation for years to come. guns lost during this operation will continue to show up at crime scenes on both sides of
difference between lying and misleading congress in this context? well, if you want to have this legal conversation it all have to do with your state of mind and whether or not you had the recruiting whic requisite p with something that could be considered perjury or a lie. judge jeanine: eric holder on the hot seat this week. grilled over the pfiasco of fast and furious. he and his fellow agents spot a group of illegal immigrants carrying ak 47s. they order them to drop their weapons but the illegals refuse and instead opened fire, killing agent terry. the subsequent investigation revealed something startling. two of the guns use the in the murder are actually from the
difference between lying and misleading congress in this context? well, if you want to have this legal conversation it all have to do with your state of mind and whether or not you had the recruiting whic requisite p with something that could be considered perjury or a lie. judge jeanine: eric holder on the hot seat this week. grilled over the pfiasco of fast and furious. he and his fellow agents spot a group of illegal immigrants carrying ak 47s. they order them to drop their weapons but the illegals refuse and instead opened fire, killing agent terry. the subsequent investigation revealed something startling. two of the guns use the in the murder are actually from the
literally letting the guns cross the border, stopping surveillance, no trackers on it and the only reason they put a stop to it is because there were whistle blowers in atf who said we just gave away 2,000 semi automatic assault weapons. is the different. those are some of the issues under investigation by the inspector general and in fact the chief prosecutor in mexico has said that the degree of cooperation between u.s. officials and between mexican officials has been very good. but there is a larger point here which is. judge jeanine: but wait, julian. let me finish the point if i may, judge. judge jeanine: we have to get the facts straight. the mexican government didn t know about fast and furious. we are sending assault rifles to mexico and not telling them and they have killed government officials in mexico. as i say, this is a program that did go on under the bush administration. the distinctions between wide receiver and operation fast and furious if there were