text: 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. 
   
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   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. ||||| Attorney General Eric Holder lashed out a bit at Louis Gohmert yesterday during a contentious exchange, snapping, “You don’t want to go there, buddy.” Holder’s clearly steamed about the back-and-forth, and brought it up during a speech he gave Wednesday to Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network. The Justice Department posted the transcript of Holder’s remarks as prepared for delivery, but Holder went off-script a bit to take a shot at the Republican congressman. 
   
   
   
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   Holder touted the work of the Obama administration to “advance the cause of justice,” and said that they’ve managed to succeed “even in the face of unprecedented, unwarranted, ugly, and divisive adversity.” He pointed to his treatment yesterday (not mentioning Gohmert by name) as an example. 
   
   “And if you don’t believe that… you look at the way the Attorney General of the Untied States was treated yesterday by a House committee. Had nothing to do with me, forget that. What Attorney General has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment? What president has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment?” 
   
   It wasn’t just Gohmert that roughed Holder up yesterday, Republican Blake Farenthold said he would not ask Holder any questions because he should “be in jail.” 
   
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target: – Relations between Eric Holder and House Republicans have been testy for a while, but the attorney general made the case yesterday during a civil-rights speech that he's being treated worse than any of his predecessors. In the speech to Al Sharpton's National Action Network, Mediaite reports that Holder went off script with these lines: “The last five years have been defined by significant strides and by lasting reforms even in the face, even in the face of unprecedented, unwarranted, ugly and divisive adversity. If you don’t believe that, you look at the way—forget about me, forget about me. You look at the way the attorney general of the United States was treated yesterday by a House committee—has nothing to do with me, forget that. What attorney general has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment? What president has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment?” Holder was apparently referring to a heated exchange he had with Republican Louie Gohmert of Texas as he testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Real Clear Politics has the transcript: Gohmert: “I realize that contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general. But it is important that we have proper oversight ..." Holder: “You don’t want to go there, buddy. You don’t want to go there, OK?” Gohmert: “I don’t want to go there? ... About the contempt?” Holder: "No. You should not assume that that is not a big deal to me. I think it was inappropriate. I think it was unjust. But never think that that was not a big deal to me. Don’t ever think that.” The Washington Post notes that Holder also muttered, "Good luck with your asparagus" to Gohmert, a reference to yet another nasty exchange between the two last year. Back then, an annoyed Gohmert apparently misspoke, asserting that "the attorney general will not cast aspersions on my asparagus.” Gohmert wasn't Holder's only critic at yesterday's hearing. Rep. Blake Farenthold said he would ask no questions because Holder should "be in jail." Gohmert, for his part, tells Fox News that he has no personal enmity toward Holder, reports Politico. "It’s a matter of proper oversight and … I don’t think he’s doing his job."