FAST AND FURIOUS - NO PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
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.
Jackson left open the possibility that some of the records could be
held back from Congress because they contain sensitive information on
law enforcement techniques or implicate foreign policy concerns.
The administration could appeal the ruling.
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