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brooklynite

(93,834 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 05:49 PM Feb 2017

White House posts wrong versions of Trump's orders on its website

Source: USA Today

By law, the Federal Register version is the legally controlling language. But it can often take several days for the order to be published, meaning that the public must often rely on what the White House puts out — and that's sometimes inaccurate. For example:

► The controversial travel ban executive order suspended the Visa Interview Waiver Program and required the secretary of State to enforce a section of the Immigration and Naturalization Act requiring an in-person interview for everyone seeking a non-immigrant visa. But the White House version of the order referred to that provision as 8 U.S.C. 1222, which requires a physical and mental examination — not 8 U.S.C. 1202, which requires an interview.

► An executive order on ethical standards for administration appointees, as it appears on the White House website, refers to"section 207 of title 28" of the U.S. Code. As the nonprofit news site Pro Publica reported last week, that section does not exist. The Federal Register correctly cited section 207 of title 18, which does exist.

Transparency advocates said the discrepancies raises unnecessary concerns about the Trump's executive actions. "These last-minute edits suggest the Trump White House needs to revisit their vetting, sign-off, and publication processes for executive orders," said John Wonderlich, executive director of the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/14/white-house-posts-wrong-versions-trumps-orders-its-website/97845888/

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White House posts wrong versions of Trump's orders on its website (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2017 OP
holy moly. what next!! riversedge Feb 2017 #1
Hell, nobody believes a word they say, anyway... SeattleVet Feb 2017 #2
Truthiness means falseness. It refers to thing that superficially *appear* plausible but that are NO tblue37 Feb 2017 #11
Omg. There are a gazillion lawyers and paralegals in D.C. who can cite check and Glimmer of Hope Feb 2017 #3
The best team ever assembled. The very, very best. Believe me. mobeau69 Feb 2017 #4
You've gotta be kidding. Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #5
i'm still waiting barbtries Feb 2017 #6
Is he tired of winning yet? Lonestarblue Feb 2017 #7
I'm starting think this shit is intentionally done by staff. Quayblue Feb 2017 #8
No intent to deceive Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #9
I was just watching a replay of Chris Hayes on youtube starshine00 Feb 2017 #10

SeattleVet

(5,468 posts)
2. Hell, nobody believes a word they say, anyway...
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 05:53 PM
Feb 2017

why should we expect their web site to have any truthiness?

tblue37

(64,979 posts)
11. Truthiness means falseness. It refers to thing that superficially *appear* plausible but that are NO
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:57 PM
Feb 2017

true.

IOW, truthiness is exactly what we expect these spinning liars to promulgate--when, that is, they are not tossing out lies so ridiculous that a toddler could see through them.

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)
3. Omg. There are a gazillion lawyers and paralegals in D.C. who can cite check and
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 05:55 PM
Feb 2017

proof read your crap before you release it. So incompetent and embarrassing.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
5. You've gotta be kidding.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 05:56 PM
Feb 2017

How sloppy is that?

They are just incompetent. This is scary. Is he "accidentally" going to declare war on Australia?

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
6. i'm still waiting
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 05:57 PM
Feb 2017

for him to bring something to congress to ponder. but it appears he prefers to govern by fiat.

Lonestarblue

(9,874 posts)
7. Is he tired of winning yet?
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:35 PM
Feb 2017

Ill informed, incompetent, disinterested in learning anything about how government should function, surrounded by sycophants--it's no surprise that this president and his extreme administration are disintgrating. I just hope the fallout is manageable when he finally completely implodes!

 

starshine00

(531 posts)
10. I was just watching a replay of Chris Hayes on youtube
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 11:48 PM
Feb 2017

his guest from the Obama admin said that not only this but there were frequent spelling errors and misspellings of the names of foreign officials too. So embarassing.

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