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White House Restores Financial Disclosure Page After CBS News Inquiry

The White House restored a page listing dozens of financial disclosure forms after it went offline without explanation and after CBS News inquired about its removal.

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The White House has restored a web page listing dozens of financial disclosure forms after the page went offline, CBS News reported. The report described the removal as having occurred "without explanation," and said the page returned only after CBS News inquired about its absence.

The report establishes three points: the page listed dozens of forms, it was removed without explanation, and it was restored after CBS News asked about its removal. The headline and summary describe the restoration as following the outlet's inquiry, and both describe the sequence in the same terms. Each point rests on the report's own account, and this story has no independent confirmation of them.

The report did not say when the page went offline or how long it stayed unavailable. It also did not say whether all of the dozens of forms were back on the page after restoration, or what the individual forms contained.

The account did not name any White House official who commented on the page, and it did not describe a statement from the administration explaining either the removal or the return. The report did not say whether any other White House pages were affected. Without such detail, the reasons for the page's disappearance remain unstated in the available reporting.

The available reporting is limited to a short summary, and readers seeking fuller accounts of the matter should consult the original CBS News report directly.

Sources: CBS News: White House restores financial disclosure page after CBS News inquiry.

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