MDMAlliance on 21 June 2012
| Gunman121 said: Here's the general idea: The bureau in the USA that handles gun exports were caught selling guns to Mexican drug lords. (You know, the ones who are causing such hell in Mexico, killing Americans on the border.) Internal politics found out about this, and they sought the documents that the attorney general had on the case. The attorney general would not let the documents be seen, and has caused issues with this case, until recently he was going to be charged for covering up the case. Obama swept in and saved him, using what's called an "Executive privilege." Essentially it's a power that lets the president override any decision made by lower courts. Obama WILL NOT face impeachment, EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE IS GRANTED TO EVERY PRESIDENT. Clinton used it 14 times, bush has used it 8. |
Didn't that happen with Richard Nixon after the scandal?
