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<p>AP Photo/Susan Walsh Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to reporters following his meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday. Holder wants a House panel to drop plans to try to hold him in contempt of Congress, and the panel's chairman wants more Justice Department documents regarding Operation Fast and Furious, a flawed gun-smuggling probe in Arizona.</p>

<p>AP Photo/Susan Walsh Attorney General Eric Holder speaks to reporters following his meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday. Holder wants a House panel to drop plans to try to hold him in contempt of Congress, and the panel's chairman wants more Justice Department documents regarding Operation Fast and Furious, a flawed gun-smuggling probe in Arizona.</p>

June 21, 2012

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GOP House panel: Holder in contempt
June 21, 2012 9:15 p.m.

GOP House panel: Holder in contempt

Dispute centers on 'Fast and Furious' gun-smuggling probe

WASHINGTON - Setting up a potential constitutional confrontation, a Republican-controlled House panel voted Wednesday to cite Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress, just hours after President Barack Obama invoked executive privilege - for the first time - to withhold documents demanded by the committee.