block release
Britishnoun
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Jinkins herself has asserted privilege to block release of emails related to the state’s 2021 redistricting commission fiasco and last year’s state House meltdown over a new drug-possession law.
From Seattle Times
Thomas already was the lone dissent in the court’s January ruling that Trump could not block release of White House records related to the Jan. 6 riot.
From Seattle Times
More broadly, the bill also would block release of state agencies’ “deliberative process” records such as memos and advisory opinions — an exemption that Sanders has said is modeled after one in federal law.
From Seattle Times
The government had attempted to block release of the raw messages, arguing that some of them were irrelevant to the inquiry and that it should be able to redact - or block out - these first before handing them over.
From BBC
In January 2022, the Supreme Court rejected those claims when Trump unsuccessfully sought to block release of White House documents to the Jan. 6 committee.
From Slate
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