AZMEX F&F EXTRA 24 APR 2013
Judge skeptical of dismissing Fast & Furious suit
Updated: Apr 24, 2013 11:48 AM MST
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/22067139/judge-skeptical-of-
dismissing-fast-furious-suit
A federal judge seems skeptical of a Justice Department effort
to dismiss a congressional lawsuit seeking records related to a
bungled federal gun-tracking operation in Arizona.
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge seems skeptical of a Justice
Department effort to dismiss a congressional lawsuit seeking records
related to a bungled federal gun-tracking operation in Arizona.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson sharply challenged the department's lawyer
during a hearing Wednesday in the Operation Fast and Furious case.
The government lawyer argued that federal courts have no jurisdiction
in the dispute involving documents, and that the battle should be
settled by the checks and balances between the legislative and
executive branches.
But the judge, an appointee of President Barack Obama, said, "I'm a
check and balance."
Fast and Furious was a flawed gun-tracking investigation focused on
Phoenix-area gun shops by the Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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