Idiot of the Week: Arkansas Gov. signs law restricting release of her travel, security records

Imagine being so corrupt that you sign a law to prevent the public from ever seeing records about what you've done. That's EXACTLY What Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee has done. Why would you ever sign such a law unless you're breaking other laws all the time? She's this week's corrupt idiot. Here's the story from the Associated Press:

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law restricting release of her travel, security records

BY ANDREW DEMILLO, Associated Press, September 14, 2023

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law Thursday restricting release of her travel and security records after the Legislature wrapped up a special session marked by a fight to more broadly scale back the state Freedom of Information Act.

The law, which took effect immediately, allows the state to wall off details about the security provided the GOP governor and other constitutional officers, including who travels on the State Police airplane and the cost of individual trips. Proposed changes to the 1967 law protecting the public’s access to government records were among several items Sanders had placed on the agenda for a session that met this week.

Sanders has argued the restrictions are needed to protect her and her family, citing threats she’s faced since taking office and going back to her time as White House press secretary for former President Donald Trump.

“We protected the police officers who protect our constitutional officers and my family in keeping their security information and tactics exempt from Freedom of Information Act disclosure,” Sanders said before signing the measure, about two hours after lawmakers gave it final it approval.