Fast and Furious lawsuit could bite GOP
by Representative Brad Miller (D-NC)

The Operation Fast and Furious investigation may not work out the way House Republicans expect.

After an acrimonious partisan debate, House Republicans forced a vote last month on criminal contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Eric Holder for refusing to produce some subpoenaed documents. President Barack Obama had asserted that these papers were privileged and told Holder to withhold them.

To no one’s surprise, the Justice Department soon announced there would be no prosecution.

But House Republicans also authorized a lawsuit, asking the court to decide if they are entitled to the documents and if so, to issue an injunction requiring Holder to produce them. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said that House Republicans would file the lawsuit “within the next several weeks.”

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