Fast And Furious Documents Withheld By Holder To Be Released

By Tom Knighton

While President Obama loves to crow about his supposedly scandal-free administration, a three-word rebuttal sits on the lips of every gun rights activist in the country: Fast. And. Furious.

Last night, we learned that a number of documents previously withheld by then-Attorney General Eric Holder would be released.

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday additional documents related to the Operation Fast and Furious scandal during the Obama administration will be released to the House Oversight Committee. The documents were previously withheld by Attorney General Eric Holder, who was voted in civil and criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to turn them over. President Obama invoked executive privilege in June 2012 to prevent their release just hours before the contempt vote was held.

“The Department of Justice under my watch is committed to transparency and the rule of law. This settlement agreement is an important step to make sure that the public finally receives all the facts related to Operation Fast and Furious,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions released in a statement.

The Department stated the document release is part of “the conditional settlement agreement, filed in federal court in Washington D.C.” and “would end six years of litigation arising out of …Read the Rest

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