Crosscut is still reviewing a thousand pages of Senate documents obtained Friday afternoon via records requests related to the Senate’s use in 2022 of “legislative privilege.”
While Republicans such as Braun have defended the concept of a constitutional right to shield some documents according to narrow parameters, Republicans have used the practice sparingly, according to Senate documents and House records that were previously obtained by Crosscut.
On the other hand, Democratic leaders – including Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig and House Speaker Laurie Jinkins – have been among those authorizing the practice to mark up or completely black out hundreds of pages of emails, memos and text chats.
Those documents
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