U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates
has denied a request from the Department
of Justice to delay the release of a list of Operation Fast and Furious documents being protected under President Obama's assertion of executive privilege.
“The
Obama administration failed to game the courts and now will have to account for its Fast and Furious lies.
Two federal courts have now rejected Eric Holder’s election-related ploy to keep this information from the American people,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said
in a statementin reaction to the ruling.
“This is a battle that put Eric Holder in
contempt of Congress, saw
Nixonian assertions of executive privilege by Barack Obama, and a hapless Congress in the face of all this lawlessness. This latest court ruling shows again that Judicial Watch’s independent investigations and lawsuits are more effective than Congress and the rest of media.
We are pleased we may get some accountability for Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and hundreds of others who lost their lives as a result of Obama’s Fast and Furious program.”