The House of Representatives held two big oversight hearings yesterday, one questioning Attorney General Eric Holder and the other questioning Democratic former-New Jersey senator and governor Jon Corzine. Other than the witnesses professed ignorance, little was learned.
In the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee hearing, Holder was questioned about what he knew, and when he knew it, on the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms “Fast and Furious” gun smuggling investigations. Asked if he knew who approved the decision to let illegal gun sales go through untraced, Holder said, “I don’t know.” Asked if he knew how many illegal gun sales to Mexico his administration allowed, Holder said: “I don’t know how many guns from Fast And Furious are out there.”
