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MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 07:24 PM Jan 2016

Clinton Library Gearing Up to Release 500 Pages of Info on Trump

http://www.mediaite.com/online/clinton-library-gearing-up-to-release-500-pages-of-info-on-trump/

The National Archives released an announcement that the William J. Clinton Presidential Library will soon be publicly dumping almost 500 pages of information on Donald Trump. All of this has been made possible by a Freedom of Information Act request.

Some of the information will be benign. There is an autographed copy of one of Trump’s books, for instance, and a photo of Trump with Bill Clinton. It is just that relationship that makes the documents interesting, though: Republicans will be eager to get their hands on anything that links Trump to the Clintons.

As Sarah Palin mentioned last night in her speech endorsing Trump for president, his detractors are always saying he isn’t “conservative enough.” Palin scoffed at this, but Trump’s past — especially his brief presidential bid in 1999 — lends itself to the idea that his conservatism is more contrived than he wants the public to think. The documents from the Clinton Library will detail meetings held between Trump and Clinton as he got ready to run on the Reform Party’s ticket. Further, a much more recent discussion, held between the former president and the real estate mogul in 2015 just before the latter announced his candidacy, will be made public, which could be damning for the campaign, depending on what tone the conversation took on.

The offices of Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have 60 days to review the involved documents and respond to the FOIA request with either a pass for release or a request for an extension. Assuming a stay is not requested, the documents will be available at the Clinton Library in Little Rock, Arkansas in early April, becoming available online a few weeks after that.
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Clinton Library Gearing Up to Release 500 Pages of Info on Trump (Original Post) MrWendel Jan 2016 OP
Welp, I guess the Clintons won't be on the tRump's next wedding invite list. MerryBlooms Jan 2016 #1
Will it have the photo of them schmoozing with the Trumps? hobbit709 Jan 2016 #2
Looks like a Republican attack on Trump karynnj Jan 2016 #3
I know someone EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #4
No bomb shell Lawud Jan 2016 #5

karynnj

(59,501 posts)
3. Looks like a Republican attack on Trump
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 07:40 PM
Jan 2016

It would be interesting to know more of who initiated this request. It is hard to see it reflecting as much on HRC.

 

Lawud

(70 posts)
5. No bomb shell
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 08:17 PM
Jan 2016

It's well known Trump supported Hillary during her senate run and also Bill and Hillary were honored guests
at Trumps wedding.

Bill Clinton and Trump played golf many times together

This is news the Trump supporters already know

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