President Barack Obama has already stopped the federal investigation into Fast and Furious dead in its tracks by exercising “executive privilege” to prevent Holder from having to hand over internal Justice Department documents on the allegedly botched operation. Holder, of course, has publicly denied that he had any knowledge of the operation prior to Terry’s death. And while the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 23-17 to hold Holder in contempt of Congress, that’s as far as it went once Obama stepped in.

President Barack Obama has already stopped the federal investigation into Fast and Furious dead in its tracks by exercising “executive privilege” to prevent Holder from having to hand over internal Justice Department documents on the allegedly botched operation. Holder, of course, has publicly denied that he had any knowledge of the operation prior to Terry’s death. And while the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 23-17 to hold Holder in contempt of Congress, that’s as far as it went once Obama stepped in.