The Obama administration set some new records last year resisting Freedom of Information requests, setting a low bar for President Trump to have a more transparent administration than his predecessor.
The former administration set records for the amount it spent resisting such requests in court; the number of times it denied the existence of the documents being requested; the number of times it refused access to requested documents; and for conditioning the release on payment by the person requesting.
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