Louie Gohmert On Holder: ‘Cover-Upper-In-Chief’ Will Be Missed By Obama Admin Officials Who Flaunt the Law
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Sep 25, 2014 No Comments ›› Ayala Chaviva

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Excerpted from BRIEFING ROOM: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) on Thursday said Attorney General Eric Holder will be sorely missed by administration officials who flaunt and disobey the law, calling him the “Cover-Upper-in-Chief.”

Gohmert called the departing attorney general the “most partisan, partial, prejudiced and self-pitying Attorney General in my lifetime, including John Mitchell who went to jail for his crime.”

“He has not only failed to investigate crimes and potential crimes occurring in this administration, he has been the Cover-Upper-in-Chief and will be sorely missed by those in the administration like Lois Lerner who want to disobey the law and flaunt it,” Gohmert said in a statement.

Gohmert said he hopes President Obama appoints someone dedicated to upholding the law, rather than a person who caters “to the administration’s whims and ideology.”

Holder had a contentious relationship with Republicans who voted to hold him in contempt.

In April, Holder blasted Republicans for their unprecedented treatment of him after testimony he gave before the House Judiciary Committee. During the hearing, Holder had faced off in a testy exchange with Gohmert, a former district judge. Keep Reading