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- The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals released a decision Monday upholding the Trump administration's ability to withhold White House visitor logs.
- In April 2017, the White House said it would stop releasing the names of the president's guests. That prompted a lawsuit.
- In its ruling, the court said that disclosing the names of visitors "would affect a president's ability to receive unfettered, candid counsel from outside advisors and leaders, both domestic and foreign."
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The identities of President Donald Trump's visitors at the White House and his private resort, Mar-a-Lago, can remain under wraps, a federal court ruled Monday.
In April 2017, the White House announced it would no longer release visitor logs, reversing an Obama administration policy to reveal the names of the president's guests. While framed as a matter of national security, it also means lobbyists and donors can visit and potentially influence the president and federal policy without public disclosure.
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