President Obama’s trusted senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett, was a key player in the effort to cover-up that Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress about the Fast and Furious scandal, according to public records obtained by Judicial Watch.
The information is part of a Department of
Justice (DOJ) “Vaughn index” detailing records about the gun-running
operation known as Fast and Furious. JW had to sue the agency for the
records after the Obama administration failed to provide them under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). A federal court ordered the DOJ to
provide the records over the agency’s objections. Yesterday JW reported on
the broad information in the records, including that Obama asserted
executive privilege for Holder’s wife as part of the administration’s
efforts to cover up the scandal.
Practically lost in the 1,000-plus pages of
records is an index that shows Jarrett was brought in to manage the fact
that Holder lied to Congress after the story about the disastrous
gun-running operation broke in the media. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
Firearms and Explosives (ATF) ran the once-secret program that allowed
guns from the U.S. to be smuggled into Mexico so they could eventually
be traced to drug cartels. Instead, federal law enforcement officers
lost track of hundreds of weapons which have been used in an unknown
number of crimes, including the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in
Arizona.
The files received by JW include three
electronic mails between Holder and Jarrett and one from former U.S.
Attorney Dennis Burke to Jarrett. The e-mails with Holder are all from
October 4, 2011, a significant date because, on the evening of October
3rd, Sheryl Attkisson (then at CBS news) released documents showing that Holder had been sent a briefing paper on Operation Fast and Furious on June 5, 2010. The paper was from the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center, Michael Walther.
This directly contradicted Holder’s May 3,
2011 testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,
during which he stated that he, “probably heard about Fast and Furious
for the first time over the last few weeks.” The October 4, 2011 date
may also be significant because it came shortly after the August 30,
2011 resignation of U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke and
reassignment of acting ATF director Kenneth Melson to the position of
“senior forensics advisor” at DOJ.
The description of one of the e-mails,
written from Jarrett to Holder, reads, “re: personnel issues.” Another,
also from Jarrett, reads, “outlining and discussing preferred course of
action for future responses in light of recent development in
congressional investigation.” Unfortunately, the index is vague and
that’s all the information we have about them. Nevertheless, given the
timing and subject of these e-mails, it seems clear that Jarrett quickly
became a key player in the Fast and Furious cover-up in the immediate
aftermath of the revelation that Holder had lied to Congress.
This article originally appeared at JUDICIAL WATCH-Be sure to check them out! They have AMERICA’S back!
REST IN PEACE BRIAN TERRY-WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DEATH ARE PUNISHED!!!
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