White House press secretary Sean Spicer on April 17 defended the administration's decision to no longer release the names of most visitors to the White House. Several organizations, including Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, filed a federal lawsuit last week in a bid to force the Trump administration to open up its visitor logs. In the wake of the agreement, the Obama White House released nearly 6 million logs. Secretive White House unapologetic about clawing back transparency]Spicer also argued Monday that the new White House policy is consistent with practices in Congress, where visitors' identities are not routinely disclosed. White House press secretary Sean Spicer on April 17 said President Trump is still under audit from the Internal Revenue Service.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2017 19:51 UTC