Pence continues to withhold many e-mails

[Tanuki]

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/04/pence-lawyer-state-now-has-all-state-aol-emails/540021001/

"The pending requests seek Pence’s emails on a variety of topics, including Donald Trump, Indiana’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, voter fraud, Syrian refugee resettlement, lead contamination in East Chicago and the HIV outbreak in Scott County.
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Pence's attorneys are only providing emails they consider to be related to state business, but Lotter did not answer questions about how those determinations are being made.
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Government accountability advocates said the role of Pence's campaign attorneys in deciding which emails to release raises questions about whether political considerations are playing a role in those decisions.
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"It certainly feels like the Pence folks were dragging their feet," said Julia Vaughn, policy director for Common Cause Indiana. "He shouldn't have been using a private account for public business in the first place. The former governor's actions have cost us in terms of time and money."
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In December, the group requested communications between the Pence administration, the Trump campaign and Carrier Corp. regarding a deal that prevented some planned layoffs at Carrier's Indianapolis furnace factory. State officials, however, said the request was too vague.

Pence's use of personal email accounts for state business first came to light in March, when IndyStar obtained nearly 30 emails that showed Pence corresponding on homeland security and public safety issues. The state withheld an undisclosed number of additional emails because they were considered too sensitive for public release.".....(more at link)

[elleng]

1. whether political considerations are playing a role in those decisions.

No doubt.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Pence is hiding something. Purge Pence Pronto. . . . nt