Obama Asserts Executive Privilege On Fast And Furious Documents [View all]

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Source: Talking Points Memo

President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege on documents related to the Justice Department’s response to congressional inquires about the botched ATF operation known as Fast and Furious on Wednesday.

The move came just as the House Oversight Committee began proceedings on a vote on a resolution finding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

“In view of the significant confidentiality and separation of powers concerns raised by the Committee’s demand for internal documents generating in response to the Committee’s investigation, we consider the Department’s accomodations regarding the prepartion of the February 4 letter to have been extraordinary,” Holder wrote in a letter to the White House. “Despite these accommodations, however, the Committee scheduled a vote on its contempt resolution.”

Deputy Attorney General James Cole wrote in a letter to Issa on Wednesday that said DOJ had “substantially complied with the outstanding subpoena.”

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Holder Asks White House To Exert Executive Privilege Over Fast And Furious Docs


The AP reports:

BREAKING: Attorney general asks White House to exert executive privilege over Fast and Furious documents.

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 20, 2012
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/holder-asks-white-house-to-exert-executive-privilege