Thread: Cornyn says probe into Texas-style Fast and Furious heating

John Cornyn says probe into Texas-style Fast and Furious heating up
11/03/2011



Sen. John Cornyn (AP photo)
Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Wednesday said lawmakers probing Operation Fast and Furious are poring through recently released Justice Department documents for clues on a possible Texas version of the botched gun-trafficking investigation.

Congressional investigators, led by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Senate Judiciary Committee senior Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, are looking through more than 650 pages of documents the Justice Department handed over Monday.

Asked about whether Texas Department of Public Safety officials might have had a role in a Texas-based scheme, Cornyn responded he wasn’t aware of any such involvement.

“But we certainly continue to dig through the information,â€

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