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FLASHBACK: Obama Admin Spent $36 Million On Lawsuits To Keep Information From The Public

Remember all the talk about Obama being the most transparent president in history? Like so many other things during his presidency, that was all a lie. In fact, Obama spent money to keep things from getting out.

Take a look at this 2017 article from CBS News:

Obama admin spent $36M on lawsuits to keep info secret

The Obama administration in its final year in office spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its refusal to turn over federal records under the Freedom of Information Act, according to an Associated Press analysis of new U.S. data that also showed poor performance in other categories measuring transparency in government.

For a second consecutive year, the Obama administration set a record for […]

 

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