Posted on 06/20/2012 7:07:01 AM PDT by Fractal Trader
The White House has asserted executive privilege over documents related to the ‘Fast and Furious’ scandal.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnewsinsider.com ...
I just called too- nice young woman (press 4) said they’re getting lots of calls on this...she is passing on the messages to Issa.
This article needs it’s own thread to draw attention to it’s message.
Made my call. A lovely young woman answered and was genuinely thankful for the support!
Here is the number, once again:
202-225-3906 ext 4 to speak with a live person!
Darrell Issa;@DarrellIssa
RT @TGowdySC: ICYMI- @MikeEmanuelFox segment on #FastandFurious and #AG Holder. http://youtu.be/yE27ljLnHxM
20m Darrell Issa;@DarrellIssa
UPDATE: House votes expected to end at 220 PM EST. #fastandfurious contempt will continue 15 minutes after at http://fastandfuriousinvestigation.com
41m Darrell Issa;@DarrellIssa
We’ll keep you posted when the committee will reconvene for votes on #Fastandfurious #contempt for AG #EricHolder
41m Darrell Issa;@DarrellIssa
Here’s a #Fastandfurious @YouTube playlist with everything from the last 18 months (including today as we add them): http://bit.ly/vznJ8T
43m Darrell Issa;@DarrellIssa
Catch up on this morning’s action at http://YouTube.com/Oversightandreform
43m Darrell Issa;@DarrellIssa
Stay tuned at http://Fastandfuriousinvestigation.com. During recess, we’ll be churning videos from this AM.
43m Darrell Issa;@DarrellIssa
We’re recessing until 10 minutes after the last vote on the floor (which are supposed to be about 130 PM EST)
http://twitter.com/#!/darrellissa
Let’s make sure this phone number gets posted on all the F & F threads.
BTW Congressman Chaffic (sp) just on FOX...Excellent presentation. Time line and empahsis on the murders.
Didn’t Baloney Maloney already say all of this before the break. Or am I watching a repeat ;-)
Not sure. Have been in and out all day.
I need a legal beagle to explain something. On FOX a little while ago Chris Plante was debating with a lib about F & F. The lib’s stance is that NONE of the remaining paperwork being requested by Issa CAN be turned over as it’s “lawyer work-product” and as such is somehow sacred.
He if full of crap (and so is Holder/Obama)...
Holder had urged Obama to assert the privilege in a letter (PDF) dispatched Tuesday evening. Holder wrote that sharing the internal documents could have “significant, damaging consequences” and would “inhibit candor” of future executive branch deliberations.
The Justice Department has turned over 7,600 pages of Fast and Furious documents, but Issa wants additional information about department deliberations that occurred after questions were raised about the probe, the Post says. Republicans want to know why the department issued and then withdrew a February 2011 letter to Congress saying officials had only recently learned of the Fast and Furious program.
Holder wrote in his letter to Obama that a congressional committee cannot defeat a claim of executive privilege unless the requested documents are “demonstrably critical” to responsible fulfillment of legitimate committee legislative functions. In this case, he said, the standard was not met.
Forcing the executive branch to turn over documents about its response to oversight inquiries “would create a detrimental dynamic that is quite similar to what would occur in litigation if lawyers had to disclose to adversaries their deliberations about the case,” Holder said. “As the Supreme Court recognized in establishing the attorney work product doctrine, ‘it is essential that a lawyer work with a certain degree of privacy, free from unnecessary intrusion by opposing parties and their counsel.’ ”
I’m calling BS. That would only be true if no crime was involved. Perjury and cover-up of conspiracy to murder are both crimes. A lawyer can’t help hide evidence of a crime.
I think Hillary is in this “deeply”. She is SOS. She is responsible for anything happening involving USA and any other entity. They are all going to fall like a house of cards.
The AG office serves as lawyer to The People, he does NOT serve as personal lawyer to the president; therefore, BO is NOT his client and no privilege is in order. We went through this with Nixon.
If it’s “executive privilege,” then the WH is acknowledging that this was a program authorized at a high level in the Administration, not just Justice on a spree.
This is also a crock....(what is the legitimate committee functions if not to investigate the killing of a Fed. employee by illegal guns distributed BY THEM?!)
They are so over their heads that I would laugh if it wasn’t so serious!
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Holder wrote in his letter to Obama that a congressional committee cannot defeat a claim of executive privilege unless the requested documents are “demonstrably critical” to responsible fulfillment of legitimate committee legislative functions. In this case, he said, the standard was not met.
“Standard not met” is only his opinion. I’d say he’s too close the the “case” to issue an opinion.
Gaveled back in...
Made my call. A lovely young woman answered and was genuinely thankful for the support!
Here is the number, once again:
202-225-3906 ext 4 to speak with a live person!
Made my call. A lovely young woman answered and was genuinely thankful for the support!
Here is the number, once again:
202-225-3906 ext 4 to speak with a live person!
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