The Obama admin tried, and regularly failed, on a pledge to be transparent. The Trump admin doesn't think it's even worth trying https://t.co/5qtuJGpmoF
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) April 14, 2017
This is the dawning of the Age of Transparency?
Trump will not release White House visitor logs: Report https://t.co/4b2WzrmMfe pic.twitter.com/rF6KeCkjFE
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 14, 2017
More from the Washington Examiner:
In an announcement Friday, the White House cited national security risks and privacy concerns of visitors as the primary reason the Trump administration is breaking with President Obama‘s policy of logging all visitors.
The administration is calling the logs “presidential records” that are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
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The White House will save $70,000 by 2020 by not posting the logs. It will also stop using Open.WhiteHouse.gov because that information was not new transparent information, but instead duplicative federal data already available online.
Here’s a statement from Trump’s White House comms director Mike Dubke:
Just in: Administration vows to keep @WhiteHouse visitor logs secret until at least 5 years after @realDonaldTrump leaves office. pic.twitter.com/tn3A0oto14
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 14, 2017
Apparently this is another issue Trump has “evolved” on:
https://twitter.com/elisefoley/status/852940157351231492
Why does Obama believe he shouldn't comply with record releases that his predecessors did of their own volition? Hiding something?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
Why is @BarackObama spending millions to try and hide his records? He is the least transparent President–ever–and he ran on transparency.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6, 2012
Hmmm.
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/852932380130193408
Congrats to the Obama Administration, kinda sorta transparent compared to its opaque successor. https://t.co/vgoyYDjC2g
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) April 14, 2017
this is not a partisan statement: taxpayers should know who the president is meeting with in the taxpayer-funded White House. period.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) April 14, 2017
Even longtime Trump cheerleader Joe Walsh is decrying the decision:
The White House isn't Trump's house. It's the people's house.
And it's wrong that he won't make public who is visiting the White House.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) April 14, 2017
The Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is taking legal action:
"We’ll see them in court.”
-Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, on White House visitor logs pic.twitter.com/XTigfZ63se— Tim Mak (@timkmak) April 14, 2017
I'm pretty sure the WH will lose the case regarding visitor logs.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 14, 2017
Guess we’ll find out …
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Update:
Count Judicial Watch among those disturbed by the Trump administration’s decision:
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/852975593775923200
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