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Feds Release 'Election Eve Dump': 64,280 Pages From Fast and Furious
Newsmax
Cathy Burke
11/4/2014
Excerpt:
The Justice Department has handed over to House investigators 64,280 pages of documents related to the notoriously botched Operation Fast and Furious — data President Barack Obama had claimed was exempt from congressional review.
Calling the information an "election eve dump," House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Tuesday hailed the hand-over.
"This production is nonetheless a victory for the legislative branch, a victory for transparency, and a victory for efforts to check Executive Branch power," Issa said in a statement.
Justice department officials gave up the documents after an order from U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman last Aug. 20.
"When Eric Holder wants to know why he was the first Attorney General held in criminal contempt of Congress, he can read the judge's order that compelled the production of 64,280 pages that he and President Obama illegitimately and illegally withheld from Congress," Issa chided, adding he'd continue his court fight for the information the committee has not yet seen.
In June 2012, the House found Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over more than 1,500 pages of Justice Department documents related to Fast and Furious.
"Since these pages still do not represent the entire universe of the documents the House of Representatives is seeking related to the Justice Department's cover-up of the botched gun-walking scandal that contributed to the death of a Border Patrol agent, our court case will continue," Issa said in his statement.
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Newsmax
Cathy Burke
11/4/2014
Excerpt:
The Justice Department has handed over to House investigators 64,280 pages of documents related to the notoriously botched Operation Fast and Furious — data President Barack Obama had claimed was exempt from congressional review.
Calling the information an "election eve dump," House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Tuesday hailed the hand-over.
"This production is nonetheless a victory for the legislative branch, a victory for transparency, and a victory for efforts to check Executive Branch power," Issa said in a statement.
Justice department officials gave up the documents after an order from U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman last Aug. 20.
"When Eric Holder wants to know why he was the first Attorney General held in criminal contempt of Congress, he can read the judge's order that compelled the production of 64,280 pages that he and President Obama illegitimately and illegally withheld from Congress," Issa chided, adding he'd continue his court fight for the information the committee has not yet seen.
In June 2012, the House found Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over more than 1,500 pages of Justice Department documents related to Fast and Furious.
"Since these pages still do not represent the entire universe of the documents the House of Representatives is seeking related to the Justice Department's cover-up of the botched gun-walking scandal that contributed to the death of a Border Patrol agent, our court case will continue," Issa said in his statement.
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View the complete article at:
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Eri.../04/id/605231/