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CREW and others sue for White House visitor logs
This is a case about the public’s right to know who wields influence over the most powerful office in our government, not just about visitor logs.
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CREW statement on White House refusal to release visitor logs
It’s disappointing that the man who promised to ‘drain the swamp’ just took a massive step away from transparency by refusing to release the White House visitor logs.
FOIA Requests
CREW requests White House, Mar-a-Lago, Trump Tower visitor logs
CREW, the National Security Archive, and the Knight First Amendment Institute request that the Secret Service release visitor records from the White House, Mar-a-Lago, and Trump Tower.
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CREW sues DHS for White House visitor logs
CREW is suing DHS for failing to disclose records of visits to the White House and to President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower residences.
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New Mar-a-Lago visitor logs filing
“The government’s [explanation] hints at another, troubling explanation for the government’s about-face – the possible destruction or transfer of responsive records”
Investigations
Lack of transparency at Mar-a-Lago, White House raises ethical concerns
On March 24, four Senate Democrats introduced the MAR-A-LAGO Act (Make Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act) requiring the Trump administration to publish White House visitor logs as well as those for the properties in which the president conducts business, including Trump Tower, Trump National Golf Club, and his Mar-a-Lago resort, which…
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Mar-a-Lago is a national security risk
The Secret Service relies in part on Mar-a-Lago security staff to screen visitors to the country club that the President both owns and uses to conduct business.
Press Releases
CREW to get Mar-a-Lago visitor records
“We are glad that as a result of this case, this information will become public for meetings at his personal residences—but it needs to be public for meetings at the White House as well.”