Panel: Archives still not sure it has all Trump records
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives is still not sure that it has custody of all Donald Trump's presidential records flat following the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago club, a congressional committee said inside a letter Tuesday.
The House Committee on Oversight with every one other accompanied by Reform revealed that staff at the Archives on an Aug. 24 call could not provide assurances that they have all of Trump's presidential records. The committee inside the letter asked the Archives to behaviour an evaluation of whether some Trump records carry on accompanied by to exist unaccounted for with every one other accompanied by potentially inside his possession.
"In illumination of revelations that Mr. Trump's representatives misled investigators concerning his continued ownership of management possessions with every one other accompanied by that material found at his club included dozens of 'empty folders' for classified material, I am greatly worried that sensitive presidential records may carry on accompanied by to exist not here of the jurisdiction with every one other accompanied by custody of the U.S. Government," Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the spokesperson of the Oversight Committee, wrote inside the letter.
The House committee has jurisdiction over the Presidential Records Act, a 1978 rules and regulations that requires the preservation of White House documents while possessions of the U.S. government. The appeal is the latest evolution inside a monthslong back-and-forth in the centre of the agency with every one other accompanied by the committee, which has been investigating Trump's handling of records.
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The appeal too comes weeks following the FBI recovered additional than 100 documents accompanied by classified markings with every one other accompanied by flat additional than 10,000 other management documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. The search came following lawyers for Trump provided a sworn certification that all management records had been returned.
Maloney with every one other accompanied by other Democratic lawmakers on the panel have been seeking a briefing from the National Archives, nevertheless haven't received one due to the Justice Department's ongoing criminal investigation into the matter.
But the letter notes a call in the centre of Archives staff with every one other accompanied by the committee on Aug. 24, where lawmakers were informed that documents could still exist missing.
As a result, Maloney wrote, the committee is asking the agency to behaviour an "urgent review" of all of the management records that have been recorded from the Trump White House to determine whether some additional records carry on accompanied by to exist unaccounted for with every one other accompanied by potentially inside the ownership of the former president.
In addition, the committee too asked for the Archives to obtain a personal certification from Trump "that he has surrendered all presidential records that he illegally removed from the White House following leaving office."
The committee is asking the Archives to provide an initial evaluation of this analysis by Sept. 27.
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