Bad Blood between Holder And Issa

LONG-RUNNING FEUD BETWEEN ERIC HOLDER AND THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. BAD BLOOD BETWEEN ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER AND THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESSFUL PUSH TO GET HOLDER CITED FOR CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. >> DO YOU SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH -- >> Reporter: HOLDER WENT ON OFFENSE EARLY POINTING OUT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE ASKED FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN OVER SWEEPING SUBPOENAS IN A LEAK INVESTIGATION INVOLVING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. EVEN THOUGH HOLDER HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN HIMSELF OFF THE CASE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE LEAK. >> WHY WAS SUCH A BROAD SCOPE APPROVED? >> I MEAN, THERE'S BAN LOT OF CRITICISM. THE HEAD OF THE RNC CALLED FOR MY RESIGNATION IN SPITE OF FACT I WAS NOT THE PERSON INVOLVED IN THAT DECISION. >> Reporter: ANGER SPILLED OVER WHEN CONGRESSMAN DARRELL ISSA OF CALIFORNIA POINTED OUT THAT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RONALD MACHUM ONE OF THE OFFICIALS PUT IN CHARGE OF INVESTIGATING THE LEAK TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WAS THE SAME ADMINISTRATION APPOINTEE WHO REFUSED TO PROSECUTE HOLDER IN COURT AFTER CONGRESS HELD HIM IN CONTEMPT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. >> CAN HE BE CONSIDERED TO BE INDEPENDENT WHEN IN FACT WHEN THIS CONGRESS HELD YOU IN CONTEMPT HE WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO REFUSED ON YOUR ORDERS TO PROSECUTE THE CASE? >> I DID NOT ORDER HIM NOT TO DO ANYTHING WITH REGARD TO, I WON'T CHARACTERIZE IT, THE CONTEMPT FINDING FROM THIS CONGRESS. >> Reporter: AND HOLDER DID NOT BACK DOWN WHEN ISSA ASKED HIM ABOUT THE DISPUTED E-MAILS IN AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE TO RUN THE LABOR DEPARTMENT. >> YES, YOU DIDN'T WANT US TO SEE THE DETAILS. >> I'M NOT GOING TO STOP TALKING NOW. I'LL CHARACTERIZE SOMETHING AS -- >> MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU INFORM THE WITNESS AS TO THE RULES OF THE COMMITTEE? >> -- AS APPROPRIATE AND TOO CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY IN WHICH YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SHAMEFUL. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE ON THE ISSUE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TARGETING CONSERVATIVE GROUPS HOLDER PROMISED A NATIONWIDE INVESTIGATION AND SUGGESTED POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF LAW NOW UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION COULD INCLUDE CRIMINAL CIVIL RIGHTS INFRACTIONS, EVEN LYING. >> THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY