operation fast and furious

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has abandoned its plans to destroy gunrunning evidence from Operation Fast and Furious following Republican intervention.

Mexico’s government announced that federal authorities issued seven arrest warrants linked to the Fast and Furious gun-running scandal. Three individuals, including famed drug lord “El Chapo” Guzman, are named — but four others remain unidentified to the public.

A former federal agent who survived a cartel ambush in Mexico in 2011, where his partner died, set a world record by successfully making a 2010 yard handgun shot. Using a 10 mm handgun and standing without the help of a bench or rest, former ICE agent Victor Avila struck a target more than a mile away as part of a series of endeavors to give back to the community.

The final suspect in the slaying of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry appeared in federal court this week. The man is allegedly the last member of the “rip-crew” involved in Agent Terry’s murder to be extradited from Mexico.

The Obama administration waged war on whistleblowers during its tenure, reportedly prosecuting at least eight leakers under the Espionage Act – more than under all former presidents combined.

Former Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday that he would decide on whether to enter the 2020 presidential race over the next few weeks.

CNN’s April Ryan said on Twitter Monday evening that sources close to former Attorney General Eric Holder tell her he is considering running for president in 2020 and will make a decision in the coming weeks.

Seven years after the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, his family is still searching for answers to the question of how some of the weapons found at the scene got in the hands of the Mexican bandits that killed him.

The family of slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is looking forward to getting answers about the murder of their family member as President-Elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

A federal district court judge in Arizona has upheld two identity theft laws used to prosecute illegal aliens in employment raids by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

“Has that gotten any press?” was then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s one-line response to an email notifying her that the gun used to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jamie Zapata in February 2011 was tied to the Fast and Furious scandal.

An email message that is part of the leaked WikiLeaks emails was sent from Jacob Sullivan to Secretary Clinton on March 1, 2011, just two weeks after Agent Zapata was murdered in Mexico. Sullivan, who then served as Director of Policy Planning at Clinton’s State Department, had forwarded a message from Clinton Advisor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan. The subject line of the unclassified message was “American guns killing American agents.”

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had not even left yet for his visit to Mexico on Wednesday morning when the mainstream media began declaring it a failure.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, joined Breitbart News Daily on Tuesday with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon to talk about his new book, Watchdog: The Real Stories Behind the Headlines from the Congressman Who exposed Washington’s Biggest Scandals.

President Barack Obama, after years of fighting to hide Operation Fast and Furious documents, finally relented and officially dropped his claim to executive privilege over them.

On December 15, 2010, most American families woke up and were wondering how close they were to completing their Christmas shopping. One American family, the family of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry awoke to the horrific news that their loved one had been murdered while they slept. Five years later, that family still seeks the answers to what happened on that night in southern Arizona and justice for those in the government they believe are ultimately responsible for Brian’s death.

Two illegal aliens have been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for their role in the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The two men were found guilty in a federal court in October during a trial attended by the family of Agent Terry.

“America’s Toughest Sheriff,” Sheriff Joe Arpaio tweeted on Monday to say that 700 body cameras would be distributed and issued to his deputies soon. He said, “I will be flipping the ON switch soon! Stay tuned.”

Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio, the tough on-border issues sheriff in Arizona who sued President Obama for his executive order on amnesty, has been the target of a war by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He is presently facing contempt of court for allegedly profiling illegal immigrants.

High-ranking officials in Texas have offered their support to the family of slain U.S. border agent Brian Terry. Breitbart Texas’ Bob Price reported that the trial of the men accused of murdering the agent that began this week has been heartbreaking for the Terry family.

On September 23, former Border Patrol Agent William Castano broke down in tears on the witness stand as he described searching for a bullet wound in fellow agent Brian Terry the night Terry was murdered with guns from Operation Fast and Furious.

With the latest news that the deadly scandal may be connected to more carnage inside the United States—specifically the Garland, Texas terrorist attack earlier this year—Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Priebus is calling on the president to be transparent once and for all with regards to Fast and Furious.

Obama apologists have recently been trotted out en masse to absurdly portray the Obama presidency as an entirely scandal-free citadel of piety. It is, they assure us, the political equivalent of the Vestal Virgins who guard the sacred flame. As Obama, himself, has insisted, there is not a “scintilla of scandal” to be seen.

A statue honoring slain U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry now stands proudly on the grounds of the Border Patrol station bearing his name. His family gathered at the Brian Terry Border Patrol Station in Bisbee, Arizona, where Brian worked as

Sharyl Attkisson filed a $35 million lawsuit against the Obama administration, specifically the Justice Department and the Postal Service.