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| Sharyl Attkinsson: Multiple Controversies Plagued Eric Holder |
| 2014-09-27 |
| [The Daily Signal] The unexpected resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder follows a series of court rulings against his Department of Justice over its failure to produce documents related to the government's "Fast and Furious" firearms operation. Holder also has come under increasing congressional criticism for a tepid investigation of evidence that IRS officials deliberately targeted tea party and other conservative groups for greater scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status. Calling the government's arguments for "even more time ... unconvincing," a federal judge this week refused to grant Holder's Justice Department the additional time it requested to turn over a list of Operation Fast and Furious documents withheld under executive privilege exerted by President Obama. The list is referred to as a "Vaughn index" and requires the Justice Department to justify document-by-document the reasons it hasn't released the materials. This exercise alone often prompts the release of documents. The Justice Department sought to delay the Vaughn index until one day before the Nov. 4 midterm elections. But the court ordered the index produced by Oct. 22 instead. The order comes in a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch. "[S]eventy-five days--plus another twenty-one, based in part on Judiciary Watch's consent--is enough time for the government to prepare the index that this court has ordered, given that this matter has been pending for over two years," wrote U.S. District Court Judge John Bates. "The court will therefore extend the Department's Vaughn index submission deadline to Oct. 22, 2014--and no further." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 I hope I’ve done a good job. I’ve certainly tried to do as good a job as I can.” No you haven't. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-09-27 11:01 |
| #3 About this time, Obama is looking for the guy Bill Clinton used, Sandy Berger to get rid of documents--the Democratic operative who stuffed classified info/documents down his underwear during a crisis and walked away with them. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-27 09:12 |
| #2 Prediction: Other senior level administration appointees with potential connection to F&F resigning soon as well. Nobody moves that volume of weapons across an international border without U.S. State Department and Country Team knowledge. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-27 08:06 |
| #1 TheJustice Department sought to delay the Vaughn index until one day before the Nov. 4 midterm elections. Strange, very strange. I wonder what that could mean. [sarc off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-27 07:26 |