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Eric Holder: “The notion that you would let guns walk in a firearms case is for me absurd. Absurd. And it was the reason why I said it…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2012
The notion that you would let guns walk in a firearms case is for me absurd. Absurd. And it was the reason why I said it cannot happen. While we stopped it, it is not DOJ policy. And anybody who does it now is breaking a direct directive from the attorney general of the United States.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Eric Holder discusses the absurdity of allowing guns to be smuggled and emphasizes that it is against DOJ policy.

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