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FOIA News: White House releases FOIA-exempt visitor logs

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Biden releases first White House visitor logs, but some will remain secret

By Steven Nelson, NY Post, May 7, 2021

The White House on Friday released visitor logs from President Biden’s first weeks in office, but admitted that some entries will remain secret.

White House visitor logs have the power to expose outside influence at the highest levels of government, particularly by unsavory figures. But the White House said it will remove names from periodic disclosures at its own discretion.

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