This morning, President Obama granted an 11th-hour request by Attorney General Eric Holder to exert executive privilege over 'Fast and Furious' documents, a last-minute maneuver that the administration hoped would avoid a contempt vote...

That move failed when late this afternoon, along strict partisan lines the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 23-17 to find Holder in contempt for his obstructionist tactics and failure to comply with multiple requests to hand over documents pertaining to the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-walking scandal.

The measure now goes to the full House for consideration, expected as early as next week, and is being described as "an unprecedented event" -- Congress holding a sitting attorney general in contempt.

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Patrick, why did Obama wait 15 months to exert executive privilege? The move certainly raises eyebrows and red flags of suspicion that there is something criminal in those documents -- something this administration and Holder don't want the public or anyone else to see!

We've said "Fast and Furious" had the mystery and intrigue of a Hollywood blockbuster, and with Obama's executive privilege and this afternoon's vote it couldn't be more apparent!

Grassfire Nation along with our news portal, LibertyNews.com will continue to deliver timely insights, updates and action items until justice is served ...

Until then, continue alerting your friends -- urging them to take action by going here and signing their name to our national petition.

Despite the media's woeful lack of reporting on this story, grassroots pressure has steadily intensified with tens of thousands more Americans getting involved and pressuring their lawmakers to take action.

No, now is not the time to back off.

This vote is merely the beginning, and grassroots patriots must stay engaged by reaching out to and moblizing more citizens to action.

In the wake of this vote, Grassfire Nation is turning to our team to rally an additional 20,000 citizen signers, for an EMERGENCY DELIVERY TO HOUSE LEADERSHIP EARLY NEXT WEEK and want to demonstrate to them that the American people want justice!

Forward this alert to 30-40 friends today and urge them to join with you by going here and signing Grassfire's national petition.

Grassroots efforts like this are the reason Obama and his obstructionist cohort Eric Holder are hot under the collar today. Keep it up. We have only days to reach our goal and hand-deliver petitions to House leaders!

Thanks for taking action.

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