Newly released emails show Attorney General Eric Holder said that Justice Department prosecutors who were critical of the department's handling of the fallout of the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal could 'kiss my ass.' Fast and Furious was a botched effort by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to track firearms across the Southwest border. Revelations about it created a political firestorm, leading to congressional investigations and turnover within the ATF and Justice Department. Newly released emails show Holder said that prosecutors who were critical of the department's handling of the fallout of the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal could 'kiss my ass'
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Attorney general said prosecutors critical of the department's handling of the gun-walking scandal could 'kiss my ass'
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Fast and Furious was a botched effort by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to track firearms across the Southwest border
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House Republicans have long promoted the idea that Holder knew that federal agents had engaged in a risky tactic known as 'gun-walking'
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The Justice Department's inspector general found no evidence that Holder was aware of the tactic
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