A government transparency group vowed on Friday to continue a court battle to open up visitor logs at President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort, after the administration provided only the names of Japanese staff who attended a February visit from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.<\/p>\n

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, one of three government transparency groups that sued the Department of Homeland Security for the information, obtained and released the records on Friday. The Justice Department said in a letter to CREW that the records were responsive to the group\u2019s request under the Freedom of Information Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government seriously misrepresented their intentions to both us and the court,\u201d CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder said in a statement. \u201cThis was spitting in the eye of transparency. We will be fighting this in court.\u201d<\/p>\n

CREW and other ethics specialists have criticized Trump for not divesting from his business holdings — including Mar-a-Lago and other properties he visits — saying they provide an avenue for those seeking influence to curry the president\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n

An attorney for Trump, Sherri Dillon, said in January that a new ethics adviser and compliance counsel at the Trump Organization, which the president\u2019s two older sons are now running, would address the appearance of conflicts better than full divestment.<\/p>\n

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