Clinton Library set to release Donald Trump records

[mystery-ak]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/01/clinton-library-set-to-release-donald-trump-records-218007#ixzz3xooClh85


Clinton Library set to release Donald Trump records

By Josh Gerstein

01/20/16 09:39 AM EST

Former President Bill Clinton’s presidential library is set to make public nearly 500 pages of records pertaining to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to an official notice from the National Archives.

The records will detail the Clinton White House’s interactions with Trump and his Trump Organization, as well as how Clinton aides prepared to field questions about Trump’s entry into the 2000 presidential race, where he sought the nomination of the Reform Party for a few months before dropping out.

The files could revive questions about the friendly relationship Trump had with Bill and and Hillary Clinton before Trump launched his presidential bid last year and began taking a withering line against the Clintons.

“The Clinton Presidential records proposed for opening consist of email concerning birthday notes sent from President Clinton to Mr. Trump. Email also includes references to his campaign for President in 1999,” reads the Jan. 14 notice from the archives, which oversees the presidential records stored at the Clinton Library. “Also present is a printed database entry concerning Trump’s invitations to White House events, a photograph of President Clinton with Donald Trump at Trump Towers in New York, an autographed copy of Mr. Trump’s book The Art of the Deal, and briefing materials for press events that include media questions about Mr. Trump’s possible run for the presidency in 2000.”

The 464 pages of records were prepared in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. Another request back in 2011 for correspondence from Trump to Clinton or his aides yielded no records, according to the requester.

By law, a current president or former president involved has 60 business days to review the records and consider a possible assertion of executive privilege. Barring such a development or a request for an extension, the records should be available to the public beginning in April.

[libertybele]

Things could get a little tricky here for Trump; he's friends with the Clintons and he has been friends with the Clintons.  If not friends, then they have a very entrenched business relationship.  Trump is a liberal at heart running under the GOP umbrella and as time continues, the rumor that Trump is merely a siphon for the DEMS is ringing true.

[Relic]

Things could get a little tricky here for Trump; he's friends with the Clintons and he has been friends with the Clintons.  If not friends, then they have a very entrenched business relationship.  Trump is a liberal at heart running under the GOP umbrella and as time continues, the rumor that Trump is merely a siphon for the DEMS is ringing true.

I still stick to my early assessment of Trump's candidacy. Initially, Trump ran with the intent to damage the eventual Republican nominee. The damage could come from campaign dirt, or going third party, but the goal was to get Hillary elected. That would assure Trump access to the president, and the rewards that come from helping a member of the political class.

Funny thing happened along the way, Trump saw he could actually win the nomination, and potentially the presidency. Surely that's a bigger, more tempting prize than simply helping someone get elected.

The Clintons don't take kindly to people who get in the way. This has the potential to get really nasty, and I wouldn't mind that one bit.

[libertybele]

I still stick to my early assessment of Trump's candidacy. Initially, Trump ran with the intent to damage the eventual Republican nominee. The damage could come from campaign dirt, or going third party, but the goal was to get Hillary elected. That would assure Trump access to the president, and the rewards that come from helping a member of the political class.

Funny thing happened along the way, Trump saw he could actually win the nomination, and potentially the presidency. Surely that's a bigger, more tempting prize than simply helping someone get elected.

The Clintons don't take kindly to people who get in the way. This has the potential to get really nasty, and I wouldn't mind that one bit.

I think you are correct.  His attacks on Hillary have been few and far between compared to his fellow GOP candidates.  Perhaps Clinton and Trump will destroy each other.