{"id":3559,"date":"2012-02-01T02:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/02\/01\/grassley-dismisses-cummings-attempt-a\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:17:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:17:33","slug":"grassley-dismisses-cummings-attempt-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3559","title":{"rendered":"Grassley Dismisses Cummings&#8217; Attempt At A Whitewash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:16296,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.grassley.senate.gov\\\/news\\\/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=38795&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130222210918\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.grassley.senate.gov\\\/news\\\/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=38795&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 20:42:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 20:42:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16297,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/minority-report-released-by-cummings.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16298,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.grassley.senate.gov\\\/about\\\/upload\\\/ATF-01-31-12-email-notes-Breuer-in-Mexico.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130226180325\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.grassley.senate.gov\\\/about\\\/upload\\\/ATF-01-31-12-email-notes-Breuer-in-Mexico.pdf&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 20:42:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 20:42:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16299,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.grassley.senate.gov\\\/about\\\/upload\\\/ATF-01-31-12-gunwalking-email-Weinstein-to-Breuer-April-2010.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.grassley.senate.gov\\\/about\\\/upload\\\/ATF-01-31-12-gunwalking-email-Weinstein-to-Breuer-April-2010.pdf&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=38795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today dismissed out of hand<\/a> the attempt by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and the other Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/minority-report-released-by-cummings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to exonerate senior Department of Justice officials<\/a> involved in Operation Fast and Furious.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u201cThe idea that senior political appointees have clean hands in these gunwalking scandals doesn\u2019t pass the laugh test, especially considering we\u2019ve seen less than 10 percent of the pages that the Justice Department has provided the Inspector General.   They ignored the warning signs and failed to put a stop to it or hold anyone accountable.  Lanny Breuer is a senior political appointee, and he admits to knowing about gunwalking as early as April 2010.  Documents turned over late Friday night indicate he was still discussing plans to let guns cross the border with Mexican officials on the same day the Department denied to me in writing that ATF would ever let guns walk.  He stood mute as this administration fought tooth and nail to keep any of this information from coming out for a year.  It will take a lot more than a knee-jerk defense from their political allies in Congress to restore public trust in the leadership of the Justice Department.  The American people want to see those who failed to act be held accountable.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;In his release he pointed to documents which show senior officials not only knew about it but were involved. They can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/about\/upload\/ATF-01-31-12-email-notes-Breuer-in-Mexico.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/about\/upload\/ATF-01-31-12-gunwalking-email-Weinstein-to-Breuer-April-2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today dismissed out of hand the attempt by Rep. 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