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Was Obama right to use executive privilege?

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    Emily Baker, Sascha Burns, and Angela McGlowan on whether it was the right move

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This too ally hi how odd political panel to my right here.

To offer us some inconvenient truth secession -- -- -- stop the with a goal presidential campaign.

Good to see it yes it burned denying it and send -- mood and -- sorry to have arrived in every sense is Angela -- CEO of political strategies and insights.

And tell her right.

Not in every sense necessarily and really make -- -- -- -- and executive director of the coalition.

For real solutions good to have you -- here -- it -- -- let me start with you first because I get the feeling you might be little outnumbered here.

Go figure.

I have to I have how does I don't know I -- nothing to do with me love me -- it so.

-- should he be held in contempt.

Should they go to -- vote.

Should they vote for him to being content he is withholding documents the attorney general the congress wants they have a right -- for those documents does he have a right not to get.

If I -- yes -- -- -- you know live below would be delighted with whatever -- said the do they have the right -- and contempt look.

The way that a functioning government.

Should B is that.

The administration has every right to to call executive privilege.

It should be used sparingly and deliberately the congress has every right to do oversight on the administration.

The problem is that.

This isn't about the actual program the documents the contempt.

Is not about the program it's about documents after the program -- So the agents this program that -- -- absolutely that ended in tragedy absolutely.

You know my heart goes out nobody disagrees.

And the agents parents came out yesterday and said they were sorry that this have been politicized and actually right it's offensive exact.

The please visit -- -- it condensation.

Many he would say anytime somebody's finishing -- a couple of thousand.

Yeah.

It's not -- He -- hit it is not it didn't come from the executive power.

It came from looking at documents that have nothing to do with the agent's -- That it wouldn't you know you guys -- playing politics of this.

I think both sides are playing politics and a lot of times this in Washington DC.

It's not only about the fact.

It's the cover up.

So now you have President Obama -- -- a press conference room and I think that he didn't know anything about that some theories until after the murder Brian care.

Now -- seven after attorney general meets with.

And -- I -- and doesn't bring forth all of the documents after saying that he went.

Well now's executive privilege wasn't daunting hair it's a double standard and Obama administration memory 2007.

Ambitious Senator Obama said.

That President Bush was hiding behind the shield.

And executive privilege and it's something to shaky going not hear from an American people should.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- The President Obama actually said in 2007.

Was that President Bush was continually hiding between him behind -- the -- behind executive privilege.

President Bush used it six times yes this is the first time the President Obama has used some ways that comparison to what president Obama's that in 2007 really valid.

Because it just speaks to him he was going to be in this administration of transparency.

Responsibility and accountability and I think it hit it into your point.

It really stems from the letter they sent in February 2011.

Since senator Grassley saying.

Now we hear me everything in -- power suit to keep guns from going across the border into Mexico and they've since rescinded that letter -- vaccinated sank.

Okay we will admit what was sent -- -- is completely inaccurate and so.

To what the panelists same here.

It's not even about the program now so much at this point it really comes to that that first cover up that same we don't know what you're talking about we don't allow gun walking across the border in the.

Argued to me is congressman can I just think that he's so wonderful patriot and yesterday and him doing the debate and oversight committee before the -- Had -- vote -- amendments and and they voted finally to whole air pollution can.

He asked him.

He sent the following questions to the press doing oversight thing.

What are you asserting here by privilege.

Executive privilege that you know I'm not fast and -- report Brian Terry's murder did you approve the operation to participate in the drafting of the false letter to congress.

If the answer to that he is.

Didn't you don't have executive privilege and a Saturday election.

Yeah I sort of bring in a couple of our -- comments Sasha and they don't come to you.

-- Palmer writes in saying I sincerely hope -- as -- united chairman I set.

Doesn't give up and that he gets the respect he deserves a standing up to the opposition he's -- Charles -- One trying to look at which way -- -- is gonna vote in November.

Just as corrupt corrupt corrupt and I would handle it as your president is corrupt.

As a bomber in my lifetime let alone the politicians that are protecting their careers in politics these individuals -- sat in -- child get off the -- -- -- I was -- not exactly true.

That's OK okay and that's been upheld not just by this administration's department just my -- is the fact.

That administrative.

But if you let Limbaugh -- I don't know it doesn't just have to be President Obama.

It is also internal.

Just got communications and then we laugh and giggle when congress and the president but he said he knew nothing about it right now but -- didn't -- you can't have executive privilege meanwhile agency capped.

But he is about love about a half process.

The president now has two -- to Grassley Grassley sent a letter on Wednesday now the president has to do CN.

Why he has executive privilege did he go to our quick system that people actually lose here.

An American people because when they go to the ballot box it's not going to be enough fast and PH is the fact that we don't have jobs and.

-- this season.

Angeles point that this will go to the courts eventually would not gonna get any ounces in any of this until long off of this -- Do you think -- the courts they're still -- -- chance to decide to reach an agreement Alex documents some released it got over 240000.

Documents they released about 7600 of them.

So there is still room for him for this to pull out the courts it does usually results and knows you know I don't have to shown that -- has had enormous -- that's.

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