Justice Dept. fails to turn over all Fast and Furious docs
By 4/8/16 5:38 PM Updated: 04/08/16 7:25 PM at the Washington Examiner
The Obama administration failed to adhere to a court-ordered Friday deadline to turn over all subpoenaed documents to Congress about the government’s role in the 2009-2011 Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal, prompting immediate complaints from Congress.
“Today, under court order, DOJ turned over some of the subpoenaed documents,” House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz said in a statement late Friday. “The committee, however, is entitled to the full range of documents for which it brought this lawsuit. Accordingly, we have appealed the District Court’s ruling in order to secure those additional documents.”
A U.S. District Court judge had ruled in January that the Obama administration could not claim executive privilege to keep from making these files public. The Justice Department was given another 60 days to turn over the information.
“As we’ve long asserted, the committee requires and is entitled to these documents. They are critical to the committee’s efforts to complete meaningful oversight. The committee has a duty to understand and shine light on what was happening inside DOJ during the time of this irresponsible operation,” Chaffetz said. … read more here
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