LOADING ERROR LOADINGWhen it comes to the public’s ability to pry documents loose from federal agencies, Donald Trump’s supporters accept nothing less than full disclosure and have spent the past few years bombarding federal agencies with requests for records. Their job is not to decide what they think is worth, you know, releasing or not.”The Trump administration has a record of doing exactly what Howell takes issue with. During Trump’s first year in office, federal agencies set a new record for censoring and withholding government documents requested through FOIA, The Associated Press reported at the time. Former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has complained about the flood of document requests from left-wing organizations during the first Trump administration. “I think we saw some of both in the first Trump administration.

Source: Huffington Post November 21, 2024 17:41 UTC