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riversedge

(70,270 posts)
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 10:37 AM Apr 2017

Dem on Trump transparency: 'If you want privacy, don't go into politics'

Source: The Hill



By Nikita Vladimirov - 04/18/17 09:52 AM



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“Sometimes I think [President Trump] doesn’t understand the line between being a private businessman and serving the public trust, and he thinks he can just run his life the same way he’s done for 50 years,” Cummings said, according to The New York Times.

“But this is about the public trust. If you want to get rich, don’t get into politics. I know that. If you want privacy, don’t go into politics. He needs to learn that,” the lawmaker added.

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.................“It's about following the law,” Spicer said. “We're following the law as both the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act prescribe it. It's the same policy that every administration had up until the Obama administration."

The White House maintained that “the grave national security risks and privacy concerns of the hundreds of thousands of visitors annually” justifies its position on keeping the records secret...................




Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/329240-top-dem-on-trump-transparency-if-you-want-privacy-dont-go-into-politics



So--is spicer claiming the Obama created a nat. security risk when he released the WH logs??? What an idiot!




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Dem on Trump transparency: 'If you want privacy, don't go into politics' (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2017 OP
No tax returns safeinOhio Apr 2017 #1
that would be brilliant ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #2
DT is an idiot, so are his followers. DK504 Apr 2017 #3

DK504

(3,847 posts)
3. DT is an idiot, so are his followers.
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 11:34 AM
Apr 2017

"He thinks he can just run his life the same way he’s done for 50 years,” Cummings said,"

That comment wraps it up in a nutshell, he doesn't know the difference between this and the grifting he is involved with normally. He thinks there is nothing difference between his personal life and goverment. God, there are so inept!!!

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