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Obama's Bloodiest Scandal Reemerges as Mexico Demands an Apology for Operation Fast and Furious
The Mexican government is still waiting for an apology for Operation Fast and Furious, an illegal and secret gun running scheme implemented during the Obama administration.
"Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said his government would send a diplomatic note to Washington for information on the 2009-2011 operation known as ‘Fast and Furious,’ a topic that has resurfaced in recent days amid a debate over historic U.S.-Mexico cooperation on security and possible corruption under previous administrations," Reuters reports.
During the operation from 2009-2010, thousands of AK-47s, .50 caliber rifles and other weapons were purposely allowed by ATF and Department of Justice officials to be purchased illegally by straw buyers at gun stores in the United States and trafficked over the border into Mexico. ATF officials sat by as thousands of guns "walked." They argued this was done to trace weapons to the upper echelons of Mexican cartels, but out of thousands of firearms, only two were rigged with GPS devices that died within hours of crossing the border.
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In June 2012, Eric Holder became the first sitting attorney general to be voted in civil and criminal contempt by the House of Representatives for refusing to turn over documents related to the case. Despite memos addressed to directly to Holder about the operation, Holder repeatedly claimed he learned about it in the news. President Obama also claimed not to have knowledge of the operation despite making gun trafficking to Mexico a top priority. White House National Security Adviser Kevin O'Reilly was also briefed regularly on the operation by senior ATF officials in the Phoenix field office.
Comment:
Looks like Mexico's President Obrador has handed Trump an opportunity to tie Obama to another scandal, if he chooses to do so.
Barry's wingman Holder still refuses to answer to the criminal contempt charges.
Perhaps Mexico can issue indictments so that Obama and Holder can be extradited to Mexico to stand trial or go further and bring those charges to the International Court in Hague? (International Criminal Court) for crimes of aggression by a sitting president.
Soetoro, Holder and their sycophant thugs should be extradited to Mexico and held accountable in that country. They sure wouldn't be getting any special treatment there!