Meaning, I suppose, that if you believe you really didn’t intend to lie, then it’s not truly a lie. I guess it gets down to what the meaning of is, is — ?
From The Weekly Standard:
This morning on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Eric Holder was asked whether he lied to Congress about the Fast & Furious gun-running scandal:
Rep. James Sensenbrenner asked Holder: “Tell me what’s the difference between lying and misleading Congress, in this context?”
Holder’s response is a bit Clintonian. “Well, if you want to have this legal conversation, it all has to do with your state of mind and whether or not you had the requisite intent to come up with something that would be considered perjury or a lie,” Holder said. “The information that was provided by the February 4th letter was gleaned by the people who drafted the letter after they interacted with people who they thought were in the best position to have the information.”
Also, from The Washington Examiner:
Attorney General Eric Holder denied that anybody at the Department of Justice lied about the Fast and Furious program that allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug lords, even though he admitted that the DOJ sent inaccurate information to Congress.
Last week, the DOJ took the rare step of formally withdrawing a letter it sent to Congress in February that falsely claimed the program being executed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives did not allow guns to “walk” into Mexico.
Lying to Congress is a federal felony, Mr Holder.
This stinks, Mr Holder. It stinks and Mr Obama’s conspicuous silence in the entire affair bespeaks volumes. It’s absolutely nothing about checking the melanin at the door.
BZ
P.S.
Apologies all around with regard to lack of posting. The internet at my house is down, at least until I can possibly upgrade with potential DSL. Yes, yes, whilst the rest of you are actually in the 21st century, I’m mostly back with tin cans, piano wire and chewing gum.
