Fast and Furious document list must be provided to Congress, judge rules

Published August 20, 2014

Associated Press

Aug. 20, 2014: Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during his meeting at the FBI building in St. Louis.AP

WASHINGTON –  A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to provide Congress with a list of documents that are at the center of a long-running battle over a failed law enforcement program called Operation Fast and Furious.

In a court proceeding Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson set an Oct. 1 deadline for producing the list to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

The Justice Department says the documents should remain confidential and President Barack Obama has invoked executive privilege in an effort to protect them from public disclosure.

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