House GOP rejects bill to make Trump turn over docs from Putin meeting

What are Republicans so scared to uncover?

President Trump, left, and Russian President Putin after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. Credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

The secretive summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in July will remain shrouded in secrecy, thanks to the complicit GOP majority in Congress.

Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee rejected a request Thursday from Democratic lawmakers to access details about the one-on-one meeting in July that even Trump’s own intelligence chiefs weren’t briefed on afterward.

The procedural resolution would have compelled the executive branch to turn over “copies of all documents, records, communications, transcripts, summaries, notes, memoranda, and read-aheads” that may shed light on Trump’s discussions with Putin, including whether he made any agreements or promises to the Russian president.

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