The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has agreed to release visitor logs for President Trump's "Winter White House," his family's private Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, and the information will be released to the public in early September. In a press release on Monday, the left-leaning nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) cited its ongoing litigation in conjunction with the National Security Archive (NSA) and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in DHS' decision to "turn over visitor logs for President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence." According to the release, DHS has until September 8 to send information to CREW about "presidential visitors" of the luxurious country club and golf course, where Mr. Trump has spent more than 20 days since his inauguration. The club is owned by the Trump Organization. In April, CREW, NSA and Knight sued DHS under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to attain visitor information from … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Group will release Mar-a-Lago visitor logs, plans for another DHS lawsuit
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A nonprofit watchdog group says it will fight for the guest list from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in court, after the federal government only turned over 22 names. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Friday said it will be "fighting this in court," after the Secret Service disclosed only a handful of names of people who have visited the president's so-called "southern White House" in Florida, despite an extension on a federal judge's order that the Secret Service divulge the names. That July ruling was a part of an ongoing lawsuit CREW brought against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earlier this year. The Secret Service was supposed to hand over visitor logs, which CREW intended to publish, to CREW, the National Security Archive and the Knight First Amendment Institute by noon on Friday. The original deadline was Sept. 8. The government disclosed only the names of a few individuals -- all of them from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Watchdog group will keep fighting in court for Mar-a-Lago visitor logs
Public left on the street after White House visitor logs go dark
Last week, the Secret Service banished pedestrians from the south side of the White House after too many unauthorized visitors managed to leap over the fence. The gates of the White House are still open wide for invited guests. But the rest of us can’t know who they are anymore. For nearly eight years, the White House visitor logs were open to the public, and President Barack Obama described the lists of who visited whom as a keystone of his legacy on open government. Earlier in April, the Trump administration announced that making those lists public violated privacy and threatened national security — even though Obama’s lists already scrubbed the names of secret agents and such. “The comings and goings of lobbyists and billionaires looking for tax breaks is not classified information,” said Richard Painter, a University of Minnesota law professor and former ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush. “That’s a complete farce.” Painter is … [Read more...] about Public left on the street after White House visitor logs go dark
Visitor logs of W.H. agencies to be released after suit settled
WASHINGTON — The public soon will learn who’s been visiting key White House agencies. Public Citizen says the U.S. Secret Service has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the consumer advocacy group over visitor logs for four White House agencies. The agencies are the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Council on Environmental Quality. Public Citizen alleged in the suit that the Trump administration was violating the Freedom of Information Act by refusing to release information about visitors to these agencies. Under the settlement, visitor records from the past year will be available for review in the agencies’ online reading rooms on a monthly basis. Public Citizen says the postings should begin in about two months. Sign up for BREAKING NEWS Emails privacy policy Thanks for subscribing! Join the Conversation: facebook Tweet … [Read more...] about Visitor logs of W.H. agencies to be released after suit settled
Visitor logs for White House agencies to be made to public
WASHINGTON (AP) — The public soon will learn who's been visiting key White House agencies. Public Citizen says the U.S. Secret Service has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the consumer advocacy group over visitor logs for four White House agencies. The agencies are the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Council on Environmental Quality. Public Citizen alleged in the suit that the Trump administration was violating the Freedom of Information Act by refusing to release information about visitors to these agencies. Under the settlement, visitor records from the past year will be available for review in the agencies' online reading rooms on a monthly basis. Public Citizen says the postings should begin in about two months. … [Read more...] about Visitor logs for White House agencies to be made to public