When it appeared as if the investigation into Fast and Furious was getting too close to comfort for then Attorney General Eric Holder he ran to Barack Obama and requested he seal the documents using Executive Privilege. Barack Obama quickly obliged him.
Today a Federal judge rejected Barack Obama’s defense for withholding Fast and Furious documents, here is more:
A federal judge has rejected President Barack Obama’s assertion of executive privilege to deny Congress access to records pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious, a gunrunning probe that allegedly allowed thousands of weapons to flow across the border into Mexico.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department’s public disclosures about its response to the so-called “gun walking” controversy undercut Obama’s executive privilege claim.
“There is no need to balance the need against the impact that the revelation of any record could have…
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