Thursday, November 17, 2016

Look to Pence to be the evangelical lobbyist of the Trump administration.

We already know Donald Trump is not transparent. Don't expect Pence to be any better at it. Pence will use his capacity of President of the Senate to leverage power.

November 17, 2016
By Kristine Guerra

For the past year and a half, (click here) Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has been mired in a legal dispute over government transparency as his lawyers fight to withhold the contents of an email that some say should be considered public record.

Critics of the vice president-elect's decision to not release the records — specifically an email attachment sent to Pence's chief of staff in 2014 — say it sets a dangerous precedent that would give the executive branch the ability to decide what's public and what's not, without much accountability....