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Crowley brought up how Obama invoked executive privilege to avoid handing over information related to the House's investigation into Holder, and contrasted it with a clip of the president back in 2007 criticizing George W. Bush for 'trying to hide behind executive privilege.' She asked Lew why the Obama administration was okay with invoking it in Holder's case.
Lew said that Operation Fast & Furious began under President Bush (technically, it was a similar plan called Operation Wide Receiver), and insisted that when Holder found out about it, he said it was wrong and stopped it. Lew explained that all the relevant information has been handed over to the House Oversight Committee, but said that thus far, they've been using 'their investigatory powers in a political way.'
Crowley wondered what was 'so important' about the withheld papers that the Obama administration absolutely had to invoke executive privilege. Lew defended the administration's dedication to open government by saying, 'This administration has been the most transparent ever. Taxpayers can go online and find out more about the way their government works than ever before.' He insisted that the administration has complied with the committee's requests about documents relevant to the Fast & Furious investigation, but that's where they drew the line.
Watch the video below, courtesy of CNN:
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There goes that liberal media lie again.
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Jack Lew is a liar. George Bush had nothing to do with F&F and Holder even admits that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESZcRMCBKk&feature=youtu.be
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Where does Fox come in here, this is CNN.
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