Sen. Charles Grassley called Wednesday for one of Attorney General Eric Holder's top deputies to resign over controversial federal gunrunning probes, becoming the highest-ranking lawmaker to demand a Justice Department resignation over the scandal.
In a fiery speech on the Senate floor, Grassley called for Lanny Breuer, the assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division, to step down.
Grassley, R-Iowa, who as ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee has been investigating the Fast and Furious case for nearly a year, said it is "past time for accountability" at the senior levels of the Justice Department.
He accused Breuer of withholding information about gunwalking operations inside the department.
"Mr. Breuer has lost my confidence in his ability to effectively serve the Justice Department," Grassley said.
Grassley cited two specific complaints about Breuer's involvement in two separate gunrunning probes.
First, he accused Breuer of withholding information from Congress and the attorney general after he learned in April 2010 about an earlier gunwalking operation during the latter years of the George W. Bush administration called Wide Receiver. He claimed that had Breuer spoken up, the subsequent operation known as Fast and Furious could have been stopped.
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