Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders called a special legislative session days after a blogger sued state police for withholding public information on her flight history.
September 12, 2023, 3:21 PMSarah Huckabee Sanders, Governor of Arkansas, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif, May 2, 2023.Arkansas Gov.
The effort to now broaden exemptions to what records the public can access related to the governor's administration has brought together some unlikely allies. Democrats have voiced concerns alongside the Pulaski County Republicans and the Saline County Republican Committee as well as the conservative group Americans for Prosperity.
"The amount of misinformation and lies being spread about this bill is typical from left wing activists," Sanders spokeswoman Alexa Henning said in a statement to ABC News. "The governor was the first White House press secretary to need Secret Service protection due to credible threats against her life and some on the left are weaponizing FOIA putting the Governor and her family at risk.
"Nothing is more important than the security of our constitutional officers, including our governor, but I believe that that portion of the bill goes too far, but it's the other portions that are more concerning as far as the future viability of the act itself," John Tull III, an attorney in Little Rock who sits on the task force, told ABC News.Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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