Watchdog demands cause for White House refusal to release Mar-a-Lago visitor logs BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 09 20 17 01 57 PM EDT Just In 19 SHARES SHARE TWEET Don't be fooled by the Clinton-Sanders fued Dems are united OPINION — 4M 3S AGO America is a global leader— here’s how Congress can maintain that status OPINION — 4M 4S AGO Spicer Trump 'thought I did a great job' during Emmys cameo MEDIA — 5M 11S AGO Trump touts 'great progress' in Afghanistan amid troop surge ADMINISTRATION — 9M 26S AGO O icials warn Puerto Rico could be without power for 6 months ENERGY ENVIRONMENT — 21M 33S AGO Trump approves disaster declarations for Puerto Rico US Virgin Islands ADMINISTRATION — 23M 39S AGO Trump vows more sanctions on North Korea ADMINISTRATION — 40M 4S AGO US weekly jobless claims lower than expected © Getty Images An ethics watchdog on Wednesday iled a motion requesting that a federal court compel the government to provide cause as to why it did not release the bulk of visitor logs from Mar-a-Lago The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW along with the Knight First Amendment Institute and the National Security Archive iled the motion after the Trump administration last week rebuffed a Freedom of Information Act FOIA request “ T he government has repeatedly represented to the Court and to plaintiffs that the Secret Service was processing and would produce all non-exempt records for presidential visitors to Mar-a-Lago a process it claimed would require months ” the motion said   “At the appointed deadline defendants reneged on the agreement Instead of seeking relief from the Court’s July 14 order or even acknowledging that they were violating its terms by failing to produce all responsive and non-exempt Mar-a-Lago records defendants simply produced a two-page document regarding the Japanese Prime Minister’s visit to Mar-a-Lago … Notably defendants did not explain why they produced those two pages but not records of other visits that reportedly occurred during the periods covered by plaintiffs’ FOIA requests ”  LABOR — 40M 52S AGO VIEW ALL CREW vowed last week to ight the government in court after it only released the names of a small batch of the visitors all of whom were at Mar-a-Lago in connection with a visit from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe   President Trump has taken various meetings outside the White House at his properties including Mar-a-Lago his property in Palm Beach Fla that PLUS ONE he has dubbed “the Winter White House ” Related News by Pence's spokesman to leave White House The left-leaning ethics watchdog argued in the motion that the court should order the Trump administration to release all Mar-a-Lago records it's seeking related to presidential visits at the club “Accordingly the Court should immediately order the defendants to show cause for their failure to comply with the Court’s order to produce all the requested records of presidential visits to Mar-a-Lago issue the requested brie ing schedule schedule a hearing to determine what sanctions if any are appropriate ” the motion said TAGS CREW DONALD TRUMP SINZO ABE FLORIDA SHARE TWEET PLUS ONE Kelly told Trump Mexico was on the verge of… Kelly rips Dem lawmaker who called him… Trump’s portrait still missing from many…   THE HILL 1625 K STREET NW SUITE 900 WASHINGTON DC 20006 202-628-8500 TEL 202-628-8503 FAX THE CONTENTS OF THIS SITE ARE ©2017 CAPITOL HILL PUBLISHING CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC