Fannie Mae Preferred S (FNMAS)

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In a tweet, Gretchen Morgenson says that DOJ asserts Presidential Privilege 45 times in the FnF FHFA/Tsy takings cases. In Starr (AIG) case not once.

https://twitter.com/gmorgenson

Executive (presidential) privilege

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_privilege

On June 20, 2012, President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege, his first, to withhold certain Department of Justice documents related to the ongoing Operation Fast and Furious controversy ahead of a United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress for refusing to produce the documents.[24] Later the same day, the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted 23-17 along party lines to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress over not releasing documents regarding Fast and Furious.[25]