Lost in the flurry of I.R.S. emails, Benghazi committees and the V.A. scandal was the news last week that the U.S. District Judge overseeing the federal lawsuit regarding the claim of Executive Privilege over Fast & Furious documents believes the claim is valid. But, she hasn't ruled yet.
You may recall that Congress was after documents regarding the botched Fast & Furious gun-running scandal down in Texas and Attorney General Eric Holder was refusing to pony them up. Congress was rightfully concerned that the program might have originated with Holder or even higher up the ladder; the belief was, and still is in many quarters, that the Administration came up with the idea of having border gun shops sell illegal weapons to Mexicans so that they could be "caught" and used as a reason to close down gun shops across the U.S.
The House did not appreciate Holder's refusal to cooperate, so they held him in Contempt of Congress. This means that Holder could have been impeached and removed from office and the documents would have to be released, but Obama interjected and exerted "Executive Privilege," meaning they didn't have to turn the documents over if they didn't want to. Congress sued and that's where we're at.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has indicated she believes that the Executive Privilege claim is legitimate and can be used by Obama even though the entire BATF operation was within Holder's department. Now comes the question: Will the Congressional subpoena for the documents over rule the claim of Executive Privilege?
Stay tuned as the drama mounts and she is expected to make a decision soon.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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