With the Republicans in Congress, spearheaded by House Speaker Paul Ryan, arguing the release of the controversial “Nune’s memo” on Friday was all about the “sunshine” and the public’s right to know, critics are taking the opportunity to point out the obvious hypocrisy of a party that champions “transparency” when it suits their political ends while continuing to block the release of other information in the clear public interest like, say, President Donald Trump’s still-hidden tax returns or the people who visit Mar-A-Lago that the American people are not allowed to know about.
“Sunshine is the best disinfectant. And so what we want is all this information to come out, so that transparency can reign supreme and accountability can occur,” Ryan said earlier this week as the White House prepared its approval of a highly partisan and misleading memo that relates to FISA court surveillance of Trump campaign advisors and the ongoing probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 elections, possible collusion with the Trump campaign, and concerns about obstruction of justice by the president.
In a Saturday editorial, the New York Times asked: “Since the Republicans are now on board with greater transparency, they will no doubt push President Trump to release his tax returns, as every other major-party presidential nominee has done for the past four decades, won’t they?”
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