In 2009 the U.S. government began instructing gun storeowners to break the law by selling firearms to suspected criminals. ATF agents then, according to testimony by ATF whistleblowers, were ordered not to intercept the smugglers but rather to let the guns “walk” across the U.S.-Mexican border and into the hands of Mexican drug-trafficking organizations.
People were killed with Fast and Furious weapons, including at least two American agents and hundreds of Mexicans.
Attorney General Eric Holder has consistently stonewalled Rep. Darrell Issa, Sen. Chuck Grassley and other congressional investigators.
Eric Holder and the DOJ and this administration must cooperate with the investigation.