The statute that we're now talking about was not something that the White House wanted. It was something that a bipartisan Congress did to force Donald Trump's hand, to force him to meet his promises. And so In September, we passed this transparency act, forcing the DOJ kicking and screaming. They didn't want to do it to release files. So when they actually do release files and it's a fraction of what's available and it's heavily redacted, and then a day later, they pull material back. (01:38–01:45)
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Asserts that a transparency act was passed to compel the DOJ to release files.
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