Federal official in Arizona to plead the fifth and not answer questions on 'furious'

[Conservative]

Federal Official In Arizona To Plead The Fifth And Not Answer Questions On 'furious' | Fox News

The chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona is refusing to testify before Congress regarding Operation Fast and Furious, the federal gun-running scandal that sent U.S. weapons to Mexico.

Patrick J. Cunningham informed the House Oversight Committee late Thursday through his attorney that he will use the Fifth Amendment protection.

Cunningham is represented by Tobin Romero of Williams and Connolly who is a specialist in white collar crime. In the letter, he suggests witnesses from the Department of Justice in Washington, who have spoken in support of Attorney General Eric Holder, are wrong or lying.

“Department of Justice officials have reported to the Committee that my client relayed inaccurate information to the Department upon which it relied in preparing its initial response to Congress. If, as you claim, Department officials have blamed my client, they have blamed him unfairly,” the letter to Issa says.

I think the governments defense of itself will start to crumble at this point.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

They need to grant him immunity and force him to testify.

 

[naturegirl]

Well, I would think pleading the 5th would lead one to believe there was criminal activity going on.

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Issa said that Cunningham&#8217;s plan to plead the Fifth Amendment to avoid incriminating himself over his role in Operation Fast and Furious is a sign that there&#8217;s serious politically-motivated foul play going on within the Justice Department

Fast and Furious | Fifth Amendment | Patrick Cunningham | The Daily Caller

 

[Oddball]

I say drag his ass before congress and make him physically plead the 5th on C-SPAN.

 

[theHawk]

Amazing, a federal offical pleading the 5th when testifying about his job?

This must be more of that Hussein administration "transparency".

 

[daveman]

Once again, this Administration says it's above the law.

 

[Avatar4321]

I would be too if I were involved in Fast and Furious

 

[Full-Auto]

They need to grant him immunity and force him to testify.

I disagree.

He needs to extradited directly to Mexico. If he spills his guts and it leads further up the food chain then and only then should immunity be considered. He still loses his job, pension and access to any government facility. IE the normal exceptions SS office DMV etc.