Gohmert says the attorney general was not carrying out the duties of his position. | M.Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO Gohmert: Holder 'persecutes'

Rep. Louie Gohmert insisted Wednesday there is no personal bad blood between him and Attorney General Eric Holder the day after the two got into a contentious exchange in a House hearing, but the Texas Republican said Holder isn’t doing his job.

“Well, it’s not personal with me. He seems like a likable guy,” Gohmert said on “Fox & Friends” when asked about the tone of the back-and-forth, in which Gohmert pressed Holder for Justice Department documents about an Islamic charity based in Texas.


But Gohmert said Holder was not carrying out the duties of his position.

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“He is the highest law enforcement officer in the country, and he is obviously choosing, making personal choices, rather than objective choices, on who he prosecutes and persecutes and who he doesn’t,” Gohmert said. “So it’s not personal. It’s a matter of proper oversight and … I don’t think he’s doing his job. Otherwise, he would produce the documents that allow us to see that.”

During the Tuesday hearing, the pair shot back and forth at each other about the Islamic charity documents and the Fast and Furious scandal, with Holder pointing his finger at the lawmaker and saying at one point: “You don’t want to go there.” Each said they didn’t need “lectures” from the other.

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