in secret

That doesn’t mean that the administration won’t do anything in secret.

The BBC team also only had access to parts of the case - some evidence and hearings were in secret.

With Trump and MAGA’s ascendance, the weak resistance to them, and the populist authoritarian base who see these forces as saviors and not destroyers and despoilers, there is no reason to act in secret.

Some customers have said the commission on car loans were agreed in secret.

Other deported Uyghurs have received long prison sentences in secret trials.