01/23/2017
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"The operation was approved by the ATF Phoenix field office, and the United States attorney's office in Arizona, per normal practice."
"Any attempt to retaliate against them for their testimony today would be unfair, unwise, and unlawful."
"It remains our understanding that ATF's Operation Fast and Furious did not knowingly permit straw buyers to take guns into Mexico."
"The allegation that ATF sanctioned or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to straw purchasers who transported them to Mexico is false."