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TexasTowelie

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Tue Nov 22, 2016, 05:21 AM Nov 2016

Pence's legal team argues to keep email secret

Two Indiana Appeals Court judges took issue with key arguments made by the Pence administration Monday, as it tries to keep an email sent to Gov. Mike Pence secret.

The judges challenged the governor's argument that the judiciary branch had no authority in the matter, and that the email — sent to 30 recipients in various states — was protected by attorney-client privilege.

In a case that may determine how the governor's office complies with Indiana public records laws, Pence's legal team argued before appellate Judges Nancy H. Vaidik, John G. Baker and Edward W. Najam Jr. that a political white paper should be kept from the public.

The civil case was brought by Democratic labor attorney William Groth, who sued the Pence administration in 2015 after it "substantially redacted" and subsequently denied his request for a document. The email in question related to the efforts of Republican governors to stop President Barack Obama’s 2014 immigration executive order.

Read more: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/11/21/pences-legal-team-argues-keep-email-secret/94214288/

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Pence's legal team argues to keep email secret (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP
Shouldn't this be 24-7 news? LisaM Nov 2016 #1
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