Dan Proft is Correct

The Kerry Divorce Records are sealed.

Separately, Kerry told an interviewer he has “no intention” of releasing his divorce records, calling it “ancient history.”

“I have no intention of doing that at all. There’s no reason whatsoever. It’s history, ancient history,” Kerry said in an interview with Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo during a campaign stop in Phoenix. “My ex-wife and I are terrific friends, very proud of our children. We have stayed close as an extended family in a sense through those years.”

Kerry said his ex-wife, Julia Thorne, sees no reason to release the records, nor do their two children.

“It’s none of anybody’s business. Period,” he said.

Well, actually the records are the people’s business because they should be public records of a public process in the courts. Period.

Disclose People!

It still seems unlikely that the documents will have anything too interesting given it was a relatively amicable divorce.

As I’ve said about both Hull and Ryan–if you don’t disclose, it’ll take you off message. Now, in this case we don’t have any indication of material that might judge the fitness of the candidate, but it should be a public record. Period.

If you dump the documents out there, they will go nowhere in most cases. Hiding them will create a media circus. Everyone’s an adult so just release them.

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