Judicial Watch President: Holder Resigned Over Judge's Fast & Furious Ruling

(CNSNews.com) – Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton says he has “no doubt” that a Sept. 23 federal court order requiring the Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn over an index of documents relating to the Fast and Furious scandal by October 22 prompted the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder two days later.

“There’s no doubt the writing was on the wall between Fast and Furious and the IRS scandal circling around the Justice Department. He did not want to be a person of interest in Washington discussions when more information about Fast and Furious came out,” Fitton told CNSNews.com.

“And the Washington way is that [when] bad things happen, get out of Dodge and hope everyone forgets.”

But Fitton pointed out that the underlying issues exposed by what he called the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ “insanely reckless” gun tracking program that resulted in the 2010 death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and an estimated 300 Mexicans make that unlikely.

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