I would really love to see some of those e-mails that Mike Pence is so desperately hide from the rest of us. It's always those really conservative cats that have stuff to hide. If you know what I mean."Vice President-elect Mike Pence is embroiled in a legal challenge stemming from his decision to withhold information from a public records request in a case local Democrats say raises the specter of the Indiana governor shielding all of his emails from public view.
It's a bit ironic as Pence, along with running mate President-elect Donald Trump blasted their way into the White House in part by hammering away at Democrat Hillary Clinton's own email scandal.
Pence's lawyers have argued, in part, that a state court decision protecting state lawmakers from releasing their own records should also apply to his office.
But Bill Groth, a Democratic lawyer fighting the Pence administration in state court, cautioned that if the court accepts their argument, it could shield all his communications from the public.
"If the court buys their separation of powers argument, the executive branch will be exempt from (Indiana's public records law)," Groth said. "Why are they willing to take that risk if they have statutory arguments and they aren't really seeking to exempt the executive?"
In Clinton's case, her use of a private email server led to an FBI investigation that dogged her campaign but never amounted to a determination of wrong-doing. But the GOP ticket used it as an example of what they said was poor decision-making and worked to further voter distrust of her. [Source]
Fortunately for Mr Pence he is already the VP, and so he doesn't have to wait around like some of Führer trump's other minions to say where he will end up in the new administration.
One person who we know won't be there is poor old Uncle Ben Carson. Apparently trump was thinking about appointing him Secretary of health and human services (or so they say), but Uncle Ben said that he would just not be up to the job and took a pass.
"Dr. Carson feels he has no government experience, he’s never run a federal agency,” Williams told The Hill. “The last thing he would want to do was take a position that could cripple the presidency.”
Carson’s name has been floated as a potential pick for either secretary of education or secretary of health and human services. Speaking to multiple news outlets on his behalf, Williams said that no specific role had been offered to Carson, but that numerous options were open". [Source]
Well there goes one token, I wonder how many more they have waiting in the wings from the token bench.
Another name being floated around for a major cabinet position is...wait for it....Sarah Palin. You read that correctly, Sarah Palin.
"President-elect Donald Trump is just starting to arrange the team that will advise him and implement his policy agenda. But the list of names that have been floated to fill the top job at the Interior Department includes many people who would slash environmental regulations.
David Bernhardt, who served as the Interior Department solicitor in the George W. Bush administration and is now a lobbyist in the natural resources sector, is leading Trump’s transition work for the department.
Those rumored to be on the list of potential picks for secretary of interior include: oil executive Forrest Lucas, venture capitalist Robert Grady, oil and natural gas magnate Harold Hamm, Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R), Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) and Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R).
“That’s a big-oil wish-list right there,” said Athan Manuel, director of public lands at the Sierra Club. “Our biggest concern is that he would unleash more oil drilling, fracking, coal mining all over our federal lands. It would be greasing the skids if he picked someone from that list.”
Some on the list come directly from the oil and gas industry, which they would then be in charge of regulating. Others are from states with major oil and gas production, including Oklahoma and Alaska. Palin, of course, is well known for helping popularize the phrase “Drill, baby, drill!”
It’s still early in the transition, of course, and a lot of other names have been floated for the position. But many of them have a record of promoting more development and less regulation." [Source]
Some of you won't recognize this country after the next four years. You heard it here first.
Still, as bad as this pick might be, it can't be as bad as a couple of other names being floated out there for influential positions in the trump administration.
How about Laura Ingram for White House press secretary? Not crazy enough for you? How about John Bolton for Secretary of State? Yes, that same crazy I want to bomb Iran, John Bolton.
Did it sink in yet?
Donald, I sure hope that you are not starting your presidency with what already looks like a Micky Mouse operation.
The names that you and your peeps are floating around seem more ready for Orlando than Washington at this point.
Carson’s name has been floated as a potential pick for either secretary of education or secretary of health and human services. Speaking to multiple news outlets on his behalf, Williams said that no specific role had been offered to Carson, but that numerous options were open". [Source]
Well there goes one token, I wonder how many more they have waiting in the wings from the token bench.
Another name being floated around for a major cabinet position is...wait for it....Sarah Palin. You read that correctly, Sarah Palin.
"President-elect Donald Trump is just starting to arrange the team that will advise him and implement his policy agenda. But the list of names that have been floated to fill the top job at the Interior Department includes many people who would slash environmental regulations.
David Bernhardt, who served as the Interior Department solicitor in the George W. Bush administration and is now a lobbyist in the natural resources sector, is leading Trump’s transition work for the department.
Those rumored to be on the list of potential picks for secretary of interior include: oil executive Forrest Lucas, venture capitalist Robert Grady, oil and natural gas magnate Harold Hamm, Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R), Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) and Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R).
“That’s a big-oil wish-list right there,” said Athan Manuel, director of public lands at the Sierra Club. “Our biggest concern is that he would unleash more oil drilling, fracking, coal mining all over our federal lands. It would be greasing the skids if he picked someone from that list.”
Some on the list come directly from the oil and gas industry, which they would then be in charge of regulating. Others are from states with major oil and gas production, including Oklahoma and Alaska. Palin, of course, is well known for helping popularize the phrase “Drill, baby, drill!”
It’s still early in the transition, of course, and a lot of other names have been floated for the position. But many of them have a record of promoting more development and less regulation." [Source]
Some of you won't recognize this country after the next four years. You heard it here first.
Still, as bad as this pick might be, it can't be as bad as a couple of other names being floated out there for influential positions in the trump administration.
How about Laura Ingram for White House press secretary? Not crazy enough for you? How about John Bolton for Secretary of State? Yes, that same crazy I want to bomb Iran, John Bolton.
Did it sink in yet?
Donald, I sure hope that you are not starting your presidency with what already looks like a Micky Mouse operation.
The names that you and your peeps are floating around seem more ready for Orlando than Washington at this point.
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