Gunrunner: Court denies DOJ request to delay releasing a list of withheld documents

On the same day that the Obama regime announced that Eric Holder would be stepping down as Attorney General once his replacement was confirmed the same department was dealt a slight blow in the courts regarding Fast and Furious.

This has led some to speculate that these two events are connected but I do not think that is the case. Eric Holder’s resignation has been rumored for some time now and while I do not generally believe in coincidences when it comes to politics I fail to see how this ruling would lead Eric Holder to resign.

I have always believed that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick was going to be Barack Obama’s next choice in the event of a Supreme Court opening but it now appears as if this may signal Eric Holder will be that choice, with Deval Patrick replacing Eric Holder. In my opinion it is much more likely that this move was made to set up Eric Holder as a Supreme Court nominee than it is that the Republicans actually drove him from office.

With that being said let us move on to today’s court decision and as I said it was a small victory. Judicial Watch sued the Department of Injustice for a list of documents which were sealed under Executive Privilege by Barack Obama once it looked as though the walls were closing in on the soon to be ex-Attorney General.

On August 20th a court ruled that the Department of Injustice must release a list of the above mentioned documents and predictably the department appealed, looking for a delay.

Today Judge John D. Bates denied that request, here is more:

U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates has denied a request from the Department of Justice to delay the release of a list of Operation Fast and Furious documents being protected under President Obama’s assertion of executive privilege. “The government’s arguments for even more time are unconvincing,” Bates said in his ruling. “[S]eventy-five days—plus another twenty-one, based in part on Judiciary Watch’s consent—is enough time for the government to prepare the index that this Court has ordered, given that this matter has been pending for over two years. The Court will therefore extend the Department’s Vaughn index submission deadline to October 22, 2014—and no further.” “The government argues that it must devote significant numbers of attorneys to this matter if it hopes to comply with the current Vaughn index deadline … But the Department has known about its Vaughn index obligations since July 18, 2014 … At best, it means the Department has been slow to react to this Court’s previous Order. At worst, it means the Department has ignored that Order until now,” he added.

It must be remembered at this point that if the Department of Injustice complies with this order that it would not be releasing the content of these documents, it only means the department would be releasing a list of the documents and nothing more.

So why is the Department of Injustice balking at releasing even a list of the documents? Could it be that it would show this scandal goes much deeper than we have been led to believe? Could it be that a list of the documents would show that in addition to the Department of Injustice the State Department, the Treasury Department, the White House, and others were also involved in the scandal which led to the deaths of Brian Terry and Jamie Zapata?

I can think of no other reason…