A federal judge ruled Tuesday the Obama administration can’t use executive privilege to shield Operation Fast and Furious documents from Congress, and ordered the administration to turn over the requested documents.Sunlight, the best disinfectant.
Public disclosures from the Department of Justice (DOJ) about its response to the botched operation undercut the administration’s attempt to invoke executive privilege, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled, according to Politico. The administration can appeal the ruling.
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“The Department itself has already publicly revealed the sum and substance of the very material it is now seeking to withhold,” Jackson wrote. “Since any harm that would flow from the disclosures sought here would be merely incremental, the records must be produced.”
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Judge Rules Obama Can’t Shield Fast And Furious Docs From Congress
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