They want it to be 5:15 in the morning, you know, at all times where people just can't see what is going on. And In the past year, the Trump administration has spent all of their time operating in the shadows, operating in darkness, purging essential programs, disappearing databases, firing nonpartisan federal staff, including those that respond to Freedom of Information act requests. This administration has tried to silence the truth, ban facts, coerce reporters into staying silent. (01:19–01:44)
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Asserts that the Trump administration has been secretive and has purged programs and staff responding to FOIA requests.
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