ACLU seeks Trump records in connection with potential conflicts of interest
/The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed [filing, PDF] a request under the Freedom of Information Act for "records pertaining to financial and other ethical conflicts of interest in connection with the presidential transition of President-Elect Donald J. Trump" on Friday. The ACLU is asking [ACLU report] for legal opinions, policy advisories, communications and a wide variety of additional documents relating to "ethics-related issues" of the new administration. Anthony Romero, the ACLU's executive director, has stated that "Trump took the oath, but he didn't take the steps necessary to ensure that he and his family's business interests..