Obama used executive privilege to shield Holder emails, President Obama used executive privilege to withhold the contents of emails sent between Attorney General Eric Holder, his wife and his mother that Judicial Watch sought in connection with the federal government’s botched “Fast and Furious” gun-running operation.
In 2012, the House voted to find Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents related to the operation and has sued to obtain them. Democrats have accused the GOP of a politically motivated witch hunt against Holder, who recently announced plans to step down.
A Federal Judge rejects Obama's executive privilege claim over Fast and Furious records
The Justice Department's own public disclosures undercut the president's privilege claim, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled. 01/19/2016 

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