The Associated Press reports that White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, DOJ’s Steven Reich and aides to House Speaker John Boehner and Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa met to discuss the Fast and Furious investigation on Tuesday but failed to resolve their differences. The House is scheduled to vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt on Thursday. From the AP:
A House Republican official, not authorized to be quoted by name, said Tuesday that White Houseand Justice Department representatives showed the GOP staff 30 documents related to the botched Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.
The GOP official said the administration also promised to provide hundreds of pages of documents, but only if the House Republicans would stop the contempt effort and end their investigation. The offer was rejected.
