Burton to Holder: Exec. privilege claim ‘baloney’

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Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., told Attorney General Eric Holder that he should be held in contempt of Congress if he continues to withhold documents from Congress pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious.

“That’s baloney. That is just baloney,” Burton said to Holder about his claim that executive privilege allows him to withhold the documents. “The conclusion that I come to is that there’s some things in there being hidden that you don’t want us to see.”

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