Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office refused Friday to release any of his emails during his two terms in office that might shed more light on his involvement in the conspiracy to hide from the American people the truth about the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

The Associated Press had filed a public records request seeking the documents from the Republican governor and presumptive presidential hopeful, but his attorney said the messages — which would possibly expose Jindal’s role in the Benghazi coverup — are either protected from disclosure under state law or are personal in nature.

Jindal’s chief lawyer, Thomas Enright, said he found “no records responsive” to the request since the governor entered office in 2008, which is exactly the kind of thing the chief lawyer of a key player in the Benghazi coverup would say in response to a public records request for emails.

Louisiana law gives the governor broad exemptions from having to disclose records, including exemptions for decision-making discussions, communications with internal staff, security information, his schedule, and, of course, details involving the whitewashing of the attack on American diplomatic compounds in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, that resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith.

Aswell said he believes Jindal’s continued concealment of his alleged collusion in the Benghazi coverup will significantly harm his presidential aspirations.

As a candidate in 2007, Jindal campaigned on the need for more transparency in Louisiana government, particularly in the Governor’s Office. But that was years before his possible involvement in concealing the truth about what really happened before, during, and after the Benghazi attack.

Critics have decried Jindal’s decision not to release his emails, saying he should come clean about his role in obscuring the truth about Benghazi.

“Why won’t you tell us the truth, Mr. Jindal?” blogger and political watchdog Tom Aswell wondered. “It’s high time that Gov. Jindal releases those emails so the American people can finally know what really happened in Benghazi.”

Aswell said he believes Jindal’s continued concealment of his alleged collusion in the Benghazi coverup will significantly harm his presidential aspirations.

“As long as the governor refuses to release those emails and come clean about his role in the Benghazi conspiracy, he’ll never be taken seriously as a presidential candidate,” Aswell stated. “Of course, even if he does release his emails and it turns out he had nothing to do with Benghazi, he still won’t be taken seriously as a presidential candidate. But at least he won’t go down as the Louisiana governor who both killed LSU and took part in one of the biggest government coverups in American history.”