A House panel voted Wednesday to place Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a subpoena, defying an assertion of executive privilege from President Obama.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Republican Chairman Darrell Issa Calif., approved a resolution along party lines to place Holder in contempt after battling him for months over access to internal agency documents about the gun-tracking operation Fast and Furious.
The vote came shortly after Obama escalated the conflict by sending a letter to the committee claiming executive privilege over the documents that the panel had sought.
The resolution to place Holder in contempt will now move to the House floor. If Republican leaders opt to schedule it for a vote, it would require only a simple majority to pass.
via House panel votes to place Holder in contempt of Congress – TheHill.com.
