November 8, - Holder testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The lawsuit is later dismissed. February 2, - Holder testifies before the House Oversight Committee. June 12, - Holder rejects calls for his resignation from Republicans during a House Oversight Committee hearing.
June 20, - Republicans on the House Oversight Committee recommend that Holder be cited for contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents relating to Fast and Furious. They make the recommendation after President Barack Obama asserts executive privilege over some documents sought by the committee. June 28, - The House of Representatives votes to hold Holder in criminal contempt of Congress. This is the first time in American history that the head of the Justice Department has been held in contempt by Congress.
July 31, - The first of a three-part joint Congressional report is released. On January 19, , a federal judge orders the DOJ to release thousands of pages of documents. After the report is released, Melson retires , and a deputy assistant attorney general resigns. October 29, - The second part of a three-part joint Congressional report is released. December 12, - The DOJ announces that a gun trafficker, Jaime Avila has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in buying weapons that were found at the site of Terry's shooting death.
January - Although not present at the shootout that resulted in Terry's murder, Rito Osorio-Arellanes is sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery.
February 10, - Manuel Osorio-Arellanes is sentenced to 30 years in prison for first-degree murder, in connection with Terry's death. November 3, - Under court order, the Justice Department turns over nearly 65, pages of Fast and Furious-related documents. The documents were previously withheld under the Obama administration's claim of executive privilege. They later receive life sentences. October 19, - Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez is sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to first degree murder in Terry's death.
April 12, - Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes, a fugitive cartel member wanted in connection with Terry's death, is arrested in Mexico. He is later found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges and is sentenced to life in prison. June 7, - The third part of the Congressional report is published. October - Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga, the last of seven suspects wanted in connection with Terry's death, is arrested in Mexico.
May 8, - The House and the Justice Department announce to a federal appeals court that they reached a settlement in the Operation Fast and Furious court case on April 10, In light of this thorough report and Congress's 16 month-long investigation, Republicans have no excuse to keep wasting time and taxpayer resources on politically-motivated, election-year attacks.
As for President Obama's discussion about the Justice Department Inspector General's report on Fast and Furious, it's true the Inspector General "concluded that although Attorney General Holder was notified immediately of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's shooting and death, he was not told about the connection between the firearms found at the scene of the shooting and Operation Fast and Furious.
We determined that Attorney General Holder did not learn of that fact until sometime in , after he received Sen. Grassley's January 27 letter. Senior Department officials were aware of this significant and troubling information by December 17, , but did not believe the information was sufficiently important to alert the Attorney General about it or to make any further inquiry regarding this development.
But this was not entirely an exoneration of the Justice Department run by Mr. In addition to specific disciplinary measures, the Inspector General "made six recommendations designed to increase the Department's involvement in and oversight of ATF operations, improve coordination among the Department's law enforcement components, and enhance the Department's wiretap application review and authorization process.
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