The most striking thing in these Energy Department documents pertaining to Secretary Rick Perry and Ukraine is what they did NOT release.
1/3 of the documents they were ordered to produce after being sued by @weareoversight are entirely redacted. Look: americanoversight.org/document/doe-r…
1/3 of the documents they were ordered to produce after being sued by @weareoversight are entirely redacted. Look: americanoversight.org/document/doe-r…
@weareoversight 2: There are exemptions to FOIA releases, but with Rick Perry and Ukraine it is vital to note context: a President stonewalling Congress, an Administration defying subpoenas, a massive cover-up that includes refusing to release documents.
5 pages in this release look like this:
5 pages in this release look like this:
@weareoversight 3: The Energy Department used a "(b)(5)" redaction for "deliberative process" to withhold huge swathes of Perry's communications pertaining to Ukraine ahead of his trip there. Of the 139 pages of Rick Perry's Ukraine documents just released, 45 look like this:
@weareoversight 4: There are also two pages with partial (b)(5) redaction, which appear to cover aspects of Secretary Rick Perry's meeting in Ukraine with Senator Ron Johnson, another key figure in the Ukraine story:
@weareoversight 5: Remember: Secretary Rick Perry visited Ukraine because Trump ordered Mike Pence to cancel his visit, allegedly because Ukraine refused to open an investigation into the President's political opponents. It's a key episode in the events which led to the President's impeachment.
@weareoversight These redactions come as Trump stonewalls Congress and blocks the testimony of top officials who were eye witnesses to his abuses of power related to Ukraine.
Rick Perry is one of those eye witnesses. His refusal to testify and release key documents is a really big problem. 6/6
Rick Perry is one of those eye witnesses. His refusal to testify and release key documents is a really big problem. 6/6
