Grassley, Issa slam Holder again: Are you skewing Fast and Furious witnesses?

Published: 1:11 PM 07/12/2011
Updated: 12:24 AM 07/13/2011
By Matthew Boyle - The Daily Caller

Attorney General Eric Holder is being asked to respond to allegations that he allowed witnesses to be prepped for congressional hearings into Operation Fast and Furious.

House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, grilled Holder about the new developments in a Monday letter.

Issa and Grassley asked Holder why the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has provided potential witnesses with access to a shared digital hard drive containing documents, details and information about the now-defunct Operation Fast and Furious. The shared drive is “replete with pertinent investigative documentsâ€