The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to provide congressional investigators confidential records on a failed gun-trafficking operation during the Obama administration known as "Fast and Furious" that long has been criticized by Republican lawmakers.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department would hand over documents to the Republican-led House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that had been withheld by Democratic former President Barack Obama's administration.
Congressional Republicans have been pressing the Justice Department for years about the operation.
Named after a movie about car racing, the operation sought to curb gun-trafficking criminals who were selling weapons to Mexican drug cartels.
In June 2012, the Republican-led House voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder, an Obama appointee, in contempt for failing to turn over documents about the operation.
In September 2012, the Justice Department's inspector general released a report faulting 12 department employees for failures related to the operation.
The report vindicated Holder, concluding he neither conceived the operation nor attempted a cover-up.
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In a statement issued on Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department would hand over documents to the Republican-led House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that had been withheld by Democratic former President Barack Obama's administration.
Congressional Republicans have been pressing the Justice Department for years about the operation.
Named after a movie about car racing, the operation sought to curb gun-trafficking criminals who were selling weapons to Mexican drug cartels.
In June 2012, the Republican-led House voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder, an Obama appointee, in contempt for failing to turn over documents about the operation.
In September 2012, the Justice Department's inspector general released a report faulting 12 department employees for failures related to the operation.
The report vindicated Holder, concluding he neither conceived the operation nor attempted a cover-up.
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1GJ2KH?
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