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(First) Trump Administration
Documents on Secrecy Policy

Presidential Documents

• Memorandum on Declassification of Certain Materials Related to the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane Investigation, January 19, 2021
• President asserts executive privilege over certain documents subpoenaed by House Oversight Committee, June 12, 2019
• Agency Cooperation With Attorney General's Review of Intelligence Activities Relating to the 2016 Presidential Campaigns, Presidential Memorandum, May 23, 2019
• Statement by the President on signing the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018, January 8, 2019
• Statement from the President on rescinding security clearance of John Brennan, July 26, 2018, released August 15, 2018
• Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, presidential memorandum of April 26, 2018
• Temporary Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, presidential memorandum, October 26, 2017

Related White House Press Briefings

• White House Press Gaggle: Excerpts on Leaks, Classified Information, May 16, 2017
• Press Briefing -- Excerpts on Trump Administration Transparency, April 17, 2017

Other Official Documents on Trump Administration Secrecy Policy

• Reinforcing Operations Security and the Importance of Preventing Unauthorized Disclosures, memorandum from Secretary of Defense Esper, July 20, 2020
• Public Engagement Coordination, memorandum from Secretary of Defense Esper, July 20, 2020
• Statement from the Press Secretary on directed declassification of Carter Page FISA materials, FBI texts on Russia investigation, September 17, 2018
• Improvements to the Clearance Process, memo from WH Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, February 16, 2018
• Attorney General Sessions Remarks on Leaks of Classified Information, Justice Department press briefing, August 4, 2017

Other

• Transition to Electronic Records, OMB memorandum for heads of executive agencies, June 28, 2019
• Trump Says DoD IG Reports Should Be "Private", Secrecy News, January 7, 2019

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