The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee filed a civil suit in Federal District Court for the District of Columbia today in an effort to force Attorney General Eric Holder to turn over committee-subpoenaed documents related to Operation Fast and Furious.
“While the Committee is entitled to all documents responsive to the Holder Subpoena that have not been produced, the Committee seeks in this action to enforce the Holder Subpoena only as to a limited subset of responsive documents, namely those documents relevant to the Department’s efforts to obstruct the Committee’s investigation,” the 41-page civil action states.
“The principal legal issue presented here is whether the Attorney General may withhold that limited subset on the basis of ‘Executive privilege’ where there has been no suggestion that the documents at issue implicate or otherwise involve any advice to the President, and where the Department’s actions do not involve core constitutional functions of the President,” the suit continues.
“No Court has ever held that ‘Executive privilege’ extends anywhere near as far as the Attorney General here contends that it does. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that the Attorney General’s conception of the reach of ‘Executive privilege,’ were it to be accepted, would cripple congressional oversight of Executive branch agencies, to the very great detriment of the Nation and our constitutional structure. Accordingly, the Committee asks this Court to reject the Attorney General’s assertion of ‘Executive privilege’ and order him forthwith to comply with the Committee’s subpoena.”
Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said that the filing would seek a ruling on President Obama’s 11th-hour action taken by the White House just minutes before a committee meeting that found Holder in contempt of Congress and sent the resolution to the full House, which was approved.
“President Obama exceeded his authority by asserting executive privilege over subpoenaed documents related to the Justice Department’s cover-up of Operation Fast and Furious,” said Issa. “Waiting nearly eight months after the subpoena had been issued to assert a meritless claim of privilege, the president’s decision was a calculated political maneuver designed to stop the release of documents until after November’s elections.”
Man o man, I hope the oatmeal hits the fan right about November 1st.
Knowhuttamean?
So impressed with John Boehner’s gumption and initiative shown by taking such timely action on this nitwit’s blatant lies./sarc.
Ah, there’s the rub. If Obama knew nothing about this, Executive Privilege does not apply. If Executive Privilege does apply, then it’s clear that Obama knew all about it.
Catch-22, but in a good way.
Well, that part is true, anyway.
None of this involves “constitutional functions of the President”.
Very little of what Obama does involves constitutional functions of the President.
Those documents will never see the light of day as long as the Communist Kenyan is in the White Mosque. This court may order them turned over, and then our American Iman says, “No.” Whatchagonnado? Impeach him? Ok, sure. Sandy Burglar got away with STEALING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS to protect the CLINTONS post 9/11 and now she’s the damn SecState for God’s sake! These people can do whatever they want, because they all have dirt on each other in the POLITICAL RULING CLASS. Fast and Furious involves murder (thousands of innocent Mexican citizens slaughtered along with brave American LEO agents), corruption and collusion with international drug cartels, political buggery on a national level and more lies than Watergate and Iran/Contra combined. That’s just the tip of the iceberg: murder of LT Harris re:Obama’s passport, the Solyndra scandal/Corzine’s BILLIONS in “LOST” money/ Kagan’s actions on the SCOTUS ruling/ illegal executive orders, the list is too long to complete here. These thugs have lined their pockets with BILLIONS of stolen taxpayer dollars. Just another day in the Congressional Good ‘Ol Boys Club, Washington, DC.
The whole damn festering swamp needs to be drained and fumigated….the light of truth is the best disinfectant. It starts with removing Pol Pot on the Potomac first and then getting rid of the other anti-American, corrupt, self-serving, low-life bastards.
It is time to choose a side – either you put America first, or you don’t.
“It is time to choose a side – either you put America first, or you don’t”
They did choose….
The Teachers Union, the Media, Hollywood, the Democrats…
they all chose sides a LONG time ago.
How else you think a story of this magnitude is “eh?” everywhere except here?
Not only will these documents never see the light of day, the STORY of these documents being withheld will never see the light of day, either.
You are correct. Nothing will happen! Obama and his all powerful government does not answer to anyone, especially we the people!
The entire system is rotten to the core. The united states today does not remotely resemble what our founders created. We have allowed the politicians to sell us out to the central bankers and their central plan. We live in a giant grid and all those who oppose the progressives plans are deemed a domestic threat to them.
I am retired Army, OEF/Afghan vet (and a couple before 9/11), LEO, NRA member, I just love the Sipsey Street Irregulars….yep, I guarantee you I’m on a DHS watch list somewhere
I wonder if “Butch” Napolitano realizes there are millions of Patriots just like me….
Barack Obama’s and Eric Holders’s operation should be called not Operation Fast and Furious, but rather by a the more accurate name of Operation Murder and Mendacity, their Rolling 9/11 against Mexican civilians.
Time to send Josh Randall after the Obama and Holder Gang
I have to agree with the writer here. This looks like Obama tried to delay and delay some more till after the November elections. After November it doesnt matter. Win or Lose, Obama didn’t get impeached and if he wins odds are he can bury it.
I think we all know that no significant action will be taken until after the election. My question is, what if Obama loses? What will the Romney DOJ do?
I imagine that most honest Americans would want a Romney DOJ to investigate thoroughly and let the chips fall where they may – get all of the crooks out of there (that could take quite a while). But, that is probably unrealistic as there are certainly some republicans involved in the corruption somewhere and the ‘establishment’ wouldn’t like Mitt exposing their crimes as well. Too bad; he has the chance to be TRULY historic in that regard. Well, we can wish can’t we?
One primary at a time, one election at a time, Rome was not built in a day. It is time to choose a side – either you put America first, or you don’t.
All I can say is, “Hence, the Tea Party.”
Geithner a TAX CHEAT in the Finance Dept and Holder a Black RACIST CRIMINAL at the head of the Justice department Harry Reid in the Senate and Nancy Pelosi in Congress BOTH blatant BARE FACED LIARS and an UNQUALIFIED UNDOCUMENTED LYING USURPER as President. Barry HUSSEIN Soetero Kardashian’s REGIME just could not get any lower.
Sure it can. November 6th 2012, when Obama wins due to the voting of illegals and dead people.
Obama and his liars(lawyers) are preparing as we speak. The unions and black panthers are starting to intimidate.
There needs to be no question of margin of victory by Romney. No Minnesota, no Florida, no Iowa etc. etc. ….
Take back the USA.
The pot is full, after a number of see you and raise you. In a short time, the winning cards must be shown, and some body will lose big time. The key is the content of the withheld documents. From what we know, serious felonies may have been commited by high level DOJ executives. We just do not know who they are. An internal DoJ Inspector General report is due shortly. Supposedly he is independent and looked into the tabernacle. But the last minute Executive Privilege shoved all the chips into the pot.
To this simple mind, it can only mean that no crimes were committed, or America is faced with another Nuremberg situation, i.e. an thoroughly corrupt management of Justice. Our courts must now decide on a discovery process, who sees what. We know, from Watergate, that Judge Sirica, and the Supreme Court, held that in matters involving felonies, Executive Privilege vanishes. The pressure must be excruciating.
It is odd, how brilliant, powerful men can be so stupid. Depending on the results of the election, we may see several high level suicides by Inaugural day. As this horrible game ends, marking one of the greatest conflicts in US history, the inexplicable non coverage by most journalists will be on naked display.
It is impossible to escape reality and truth for long periods of time. God be with our nation.
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It’s insane, just before the contempt citation, Holder offered Issa/the Congressional Oversight comm. some kind of synopsis of the disputed docments, naturally with all kinds of redacting and key information blacked out.
In return, Holder wanted the entire inquiry into Fast & Furious dropped.
Naturally, that was unacceptable.
Less than a day later, Obama asserts privilege, after literally months, if not years, of squabbling over these documents.
The justice dept. Inspector General is a Holder confidante and has been dragging out her “inquiry into the facts of F&F” for almost 2 years.
Brian Terry was killed in December 2010. One, if not two and possibly 3 weapons directly traceable to F&F were found at the scene of his murder.