.@SharylAttkisson Holder advised to perjure himself? #unsurprised
— dryheat (@reallydryheat) November 22, 2014
Documents obtained by Judicial Watch have shown that the White House colluded with the Department of Justice to block reporter Sharyl Attkisson, who was with CBS News at the time, from digging into the Fast & Furious scandal.
Attkisson has more details from the documents showing how the White House worked closely with the DOJ to attempt to spin the Fast & Furious fallout (full story at Attkisson’s website):
New Docs: Adviser Tells Attorney General Holder How to Manipulate Press on Fast & Furious http://t.co/gJYDGk7to4
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
Adviser to Atty Gen Holder on Fast & Furious: "say that you don’t recall reading [briefings] or being aware of Fast & Furious at any time..
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
.. before early this year." And that's exactly what the Atty Gen said.
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
Wow.
You have to read this stuff to believe it:
Adviser to Atty. Gen. Holder on Fast and Furious: "Find a way for you to get in front of a reporter or two about this…"
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"you could find a way to 'run into' a couple of reporters on your way to something. Maybe Pete Williams, Carrie, Pete Yost"adviser to Holder
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"that part can be managed." adviser to Holder on Fast and Furious and how to spin the press. http://t.co/3duSZRaVD0
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"Most important is that you’re in front of a camera in a relaxed manner giving a response you have rehearsed" adviser to Holder
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"There may be things you need to do to go on offense as well, but I think most important right now is that you answer…" adviser to Holder
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"…the charge about covering this up. Then you can move to offense." Adviser to Holder. Wonder what the offensive plan was.
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
More media advice provided Holder in secret emails: "I do think you should go on offense, too. After explaining what happened…"
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"you could go back at them by saying something like:'… there are people on the Hill who don't care about what really happened…'"
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"'For them this has become about scoring political points and weakening an agency charged with cracking down on gun violence..'"
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
More from adviser telling Holder how to manipulate facts by using the press: "If I were you, I would want answers from the entire team…"
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
..on why the Department let Issa decide what to do with these memos. The whole point of the review is to find things like this…"
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
and come up with plans for dealing with them… instead of just handing them over, the Department should have put them out to reporters.."
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"on its own terms, instead of letting Issa do it. Give them to lssa at the same time you give them to the press with an explanation.."
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"that takes the air out of the balloon.And if the answer is we owe it to Issa to give him this stuff first…that's obviously ridiculous."
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
More at http://t.co/3duSZRaVD0
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
Pete Yost of AP wrote article on Bush-era gunwalking case that seemed to so impress Holder, he wrote " WOW!" http://t.co/3duSZRaVD0
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
DOJ flack Schmaler to White House flack Schultz: "I've talked to NYT, NBC and NPR —gave them all this. NBC not likely to go…"
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
"…Still waiting on other two." [Note: Then, the docs redact the 'points' Schmaler sent to the news outlets..though it's public info]
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
White House flack Schultz to DOJ flack Schmaler re: Fast & Furious coverage: "Any way we can fix Fox?"
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
DOJ flack Schmaler to White House flack Schultz re: Fast & Furious "No stories..From NYT, AP, Reuters, WaPo, NBC, Bloomberg …
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
…I"m also calling Sharryl"s editor and reaching out to Scheiffer.She's out of control" http://t.co/3duSZRaVD0
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
DOJ flack Schmaler compliments Washi Post "Sari" Horwitz to Holder "Sari was good-pointed out Issa previous briefing, that weekly reports..
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
… didn't reveal tactics and noted previous op in Bush Admin." (Admin apparently didn't think Wash Post was out of control)
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
Holder email re: briefings from his top advisers showing they sent him Fast & Furious info long before he admitted…
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
Holder; "Sigh. Can I see the 2 reports mentioned below- sure I didn't read them. I rarely do."
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
Internal DOJ docs released as a result of lawsuit state Fast and Furious wasn't isolated to Phoenix…also Dallas & Houston
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
Docs: Adviser Tells Attorney General Holder How to Manipulate Press on Fast & Furious http://t.co/gJYDGk7to4
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) November 22, 2014
Full story here.
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