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Representative Carolyn Maloney, the Democratic chair of the
House of Representatives Oversight Committee wrote to the
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) asking for
more information about what she described as “what appear to be
the largest scale violations of the presidential records act
since its enactment."
In a letter to David Ferriero, archivist of the United States,
Maloney asked that NARA provide by March 10 information
including a detailed description of the contents of boxes
recovered from Trump's Florida home, and information about any
records transferred that Trump had destroyed or attempted to
destroy.
The letter, dated Feb. 24, also asked NARA to provide by March
17 documents and communications related to the use of personal
messaging accounts for official business by officials in the
Trump administration.
Maloney’s committee has been looking into the handling of
records by Trump, who left office in January 2021. Trump has
denied wrongdoing since it was discovered that he had brought 15
boxes of presidential documents to his home in Florida, rather
than handing them over to the National Archive, as is required
by law.
The U.S. Presidential Records Act requires the preservation of
memos, letters, notes, emails, faxes and other written
communications related to a president's official duties.
The Washington Post first reported this month that some of the
documents taken to Trump's home and subsequently returned to the
archives were marked as classified, which could intensify the
legal pressure Trump or his aides could face.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Aurora Ellis)
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