No Deal

No, contrary to a propaganda piece in the New York Times, there are no negotiations between Speaker John Boehner and Eric Holder. Boehner still expects Holder to obey the law.

A spokesman for Speaker of the House John Boehner told The Daily Caller on Tuesday night that the New York Times published a false story alleging the speaker is trying to cut a deal with Attorney General Eric Holder over congressional subpoenas related to the Operation Fast and Furious scandal.

The Times reported late on Tuesday that Boehner had “opened direct negotiations with the Department of Justice aimed at resolving a dispute over subpoenaed information related to the botched gun-trafficking investigation dubbed Operation Fast and Furious.” The story ran under the headline “Boehner in talks with Justice Dept. on gun-running inquiry.”

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel, however, said the report is not true. He alleged that it illustrated a Holder-friendly bias among some establishment media outlets.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/06/boehner-spokesman-ny-times-story-about-holder-fast-and-furious-compromise-is-false/#ixzz1x0py47W0