Well, today the Trump administration announced they would keep all visitor logs to the White House --and who they are meeting with-- secret, and they would remain secret for 5 years after Trump leaves office.
The official excuse for that is privacy and national security concerns. In reality, what Trump doesn't want people to know is how many lobbyists and people with ties to Russia are visiting the White House.
According to The New York Times:
The decision — which White House officials said was necessary for reasons of national security — was the latest attempt by President Trump, who has promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington, to shield his activities from scrutiny. It effectively bars the public from knowing which activists, lobbyists, political donors and others are gaining access to the president and his aides on a daily basis.
It also is a stark reversal from the policy adopted by President Barack Obama, who voluntarily released more than six million White House visitor records, even as his administration fought successfully in federal court for the right to keep some of the information secret.
By the way: In 2012 Trump complained Obama was keeping things secret:
Why does Obama believe he shouldn't comply with record releases that his predecessors did of their own volition? Hiding something?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2012
So as you can see, not only Trump is being opaque, but he is also being a hypocrite.
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