Trump Administration Now Claiming ‘Grave National Security Risks’
Unlike President Barack Obama who voluntarily made White House visitor logs public, the Trump administration is refusing to release that information. Citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns of the hundreds of thousands of visitors annually,” White House communications director Michael Dubke made the announcement Friday.
The earliest anyone can even request to view the Trump administration’s logs will be five years after Trump leaves office, according to TIME magazine. Should he serve two full terms, that would be January, 2030.
The Trump administration is choosing to view White House visitor logs as “presidential records,†not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Even before becoming a presidential candidate, as many on Twitter just noted, Donald Trump frequently attacked President Obama for not releasing records – most likely, though, his college records…
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