A new report shows that President Obama's administration spent over $36 million defending the government against requests made under the Freedom of Information Law. Could you imagine the liberal media outrage if Donald Trump decided to fight so many FOIL requests?! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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| Well, Obama's most transparent government in history. | |
| Well, that didn't live up to its promise. | |
| Washington Times now can report. | |
| In its final year in office, the Obama administration spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its refusal to turn over federal records under the Freedom of Information Act. | |
| According to an AP analysis of new U.S. data that also showed poor performance and other categories that measure transparency in government. | |
| Obama's administration set records for outright denial of access to files, refusing to quickly consider requests described as especially newsworthy, and they forced people to pay for records who had asked the government to waive search and copy fees. | |
| By the way, where is the press talking about journalism now? | |
| Could you imagine if Trump does this? | |
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| We've been around the block in media and we're doing things differently. | |
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| Join us every Tuesday and Thursday, normally, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. | |
| I'm Ben Ferguson. | |
| And I'm Ted Cruz. | |
| Three times a week we do our podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz. | |
| Nationwide, we have millions of listeners. | |
| Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we break down the news and bring you behind the scenes inside the White House, inside the Senate, inside the United States Supreme Court. | |
| And we cover the stories that you're not getting anywhere else. | |
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| What I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi. | |
| Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why? | |
| Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies. | |
| From Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco Benghazi. | |
| What difference at this point does it make? | |
| Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |