He doesn't know which of those two things happened? Or even if one of them did? Sure, pal.Interior withheld 253 pages of records they were required to produce under a court order in the suit shortly after now Secretary David Bernhardt was nominated to his post.
“Hubbel Relat (who is now the DOI deputy solicitor but at the time was the DOI’s counselor to the Secretary) directed Office of the Solicitor (SOL) attorney-advisors supporting the FOIA litigation to withhold any documents that were sent to or from Bernhardt, or that referenced him in any way, from upcoming FOIA releases related to the litigation,” the report states.
The documents were released several months after Bernhardt was confirmed.
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"Officials at Interior are now on the record admitting what we suspected all along: they orchestrated a coverup to protect Secretary Bernhardt during his confirmation, and all but lied to Congress about it."
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[Interior Solicitor Daniel] Jorjani told OIG investigators that as the DOI’s top attorney, he owned the decision for withholding the documents, not Relat.
“Knowing Hubbel [Relat] and his absolute focus on compliance and squaring every corner, he probably wanted to make sure that everything he was doing was fully compliant.” Jorjani told OIG, adding, “Either I came up with the idea — and I would like to think I’m smart enough to do that — or Hubbel [Relat], being proactive, said, ‘Oh, can we do this compliantly and consistent with the court’s direction,’ and then ran it past me. . . . It would be one of those two, I would think.”
The Hill
You remember Bernhardt - the guy who's stealing Native American lands.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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