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BREAKING: Federal Judge Rejects Obama Claim Of Executive Privilege On Fast & Furious Records
No claims of bias are going to be made here. President Obama appointed U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson and she has rejected the administration’s claims:
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.
The standoff over the records led to a House vote in 2012 holding then-Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the records. The House later initiated a lawsuit to try to force disclosure of the files.
The White House can appeal and likely will. I am guessing that Obama and his merry band of gun runners will be out of the White House before this is resolved.
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Source: http://www.redstate.com/2016/01/19/federal-judge-rejects-obama-claim-of-executive-privilege-on-fast-furious/
