Of course all the political operatives on the board will minimize this with the accuasation that there is nothing here.
Here are the details of Article IV from:
Republican Congressman from Texas seeks to impeach Attorney General Eric Holder | Gretawire
Article IV
Eric H. Holder, Jr., while Attorney General of the United States, testified under oath before Congress on May 15, 2013, that he was neither involved in nor had heard of a potential prosecution of the press. However, three days later, the Department of Justice released documents that included a search warrant that named journalist James Rosen as a co-conspirator in an alleged violation of the Espionage Act. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, confirmed to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives in a letter dated June 19, 2013 that he, indeed, approved of the search warrant on James Rosen.
Misleading Testimony to Congress
On May 15, 2013, Attorney General Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for its annual Justice Department oversight hearing. In response to a question from Rep. Hank Johnson regarding the use of the Espionage Act to prosecute members of the media, Mr. Holder testified, under oath: Well, I would say this. With regard to potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material, that is not something that I have ever been involved, heard of, or would think would be a wise policy [emphasis added].[12]
The following week it was revealed that, in 2010, the Justice Department obtained a search warrant for the emails of FOX News Chief Washington Correspondent James Rosen, alleging that he was a possible co-conspirator to State Department employee Stephen Kim in violation of the Espionage Act.[13] In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee dated June 13, 2013, Attorney General Holder wrote:
As you know, in the course of the ongoing investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified information that appeared in a news article in June 2009, the Department, with my approval, sought a search warrant for a reporters emails from an internet service provider.[14]
In admitting that he approved the search warrant, Attorney General Holder directly contradicts his testimony on May 15, 2013. Clearly, Attorney General Holder knew that the Justice Department was investigating James Rosen as a co-conspirator in alleged violations of the Espionage Act as early as June 2009. Under the Privacy Protection Act, journalists cannot be investigated in order to obtain information about a third party. The fact that there was a search warrant carried out on James Rosen means that the Justice Department either intended to prosecute him, or the Justice Department clearly violated the Privacy Protection Act.
Why is this offense impeachable?
In United States v. Dunnigan, the Supreme Court used the following definition that has gained general acceptance and common understanding under the federal criminal statue to describe the crime of perjury, as defined in 18 U.S.C.1621: A witness testifying under oath or affirmation violates this section if she gives false testimony concerning a material matter with the willful intent to provide false testimony, rather than as a result of confusion, mistake, or faulty memory.[15]
Attorney General Holder provided false testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2013, when he said that he has never been involved with or heard of a potential prosecution of the press. This is a clear violation of 18 U.S.C. 1621.
