Fight continues over failure to release Mar-a-Lago visitor records

Groups pressing for open government are taking the Trump administration to court again over its failure to abide by a July court order to release records of presidential visitors to Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. (Bloomberg News, September 2017,by Bob Van Voris)

After months of promises of full disclosure and delays, the Secret Service had finally produced only two pages related to the visit of Japan’s prime minister.  For the open government groups, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wrote in the latest motion to the court, “…the Court should immediately order the defendants to show cause for their failure to comply with the Court’s order to produce all the requested records of presidential visits to Mar-a-Lago, issue the requested briefing schedule, schedule a hearing to determine what sanctions, if any, are appropriate.” (The Hill, September 20, 2017, by Mallory Shelbourne)