Judicial Watch Sues for Records on Holder and Fast and Furious

The Washington Free Beacon reports:

A conservative watchdog group is suing the Justice Department to get records surrounding Attorney General Eric Holder’s contempt citation for his role in the “Fast and Furious” scandal.

“Fast and Furious” was a gun-tracking operation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that resulted in roughly 2,000 firearms being smuggled across the U.S.-Mexican border, where they were lost and fell into the hands of drug cartels.

Guns from the failed operation were later recovered at the murder scene of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, as well as other crime scenes across Mexico.

Judicial Watch, a legal nonprofit organization, announced Tuesday it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to obtain records from the Justice Department regarding the contempt citation issued to Holder last year over his alleged role in the Fast and Furious scandal.