The House Oversight Committee has given the National Archives and Records Administration until Tuesday to say if former President Donald Trump is still in possession of government records that he shouldn’t be.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) revealed earlier this month that the National Archives is not certain all presidential records from Trump were recovered in the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid. The New York Democrat added that she was concerned the former president “may continue to retain presidential records at nonsecure locations, including classified material that could endanger our nation’s security.”
The National Archives has until tomorrow to provide answers to the crucial questions.
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The FBI seized more than 11,000 records from Mar-a-Lago during the bureau’s raid, including roughly 100 documents with classification markings, as well as 48 empty folders with classified banner markings.
In the aftermath of the raid, unsealed court filings revealed that Trump is being investigated under the Espionage Act as well as related to laws regarding obstruction of justice.
Trump and some of his allies have claimed in public that he declassified the documents at his Florida resort home, but those declassification arguments have not made it into Trump’s court filings.
The intelligence community also said last week that it would restart its intelligence assessment and damage review related to records with classified markings seized from Mar-a-Lago.
Colleen Shogan, the nominee to be the next archivist, testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee last week, where she was asked about the Mar-a-Lago raid.
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“I want to be clear that as the nominee for this position, I have not been briefed on any of the details,” Shogan said. “But as I understand it, when there is some concern about damage to records in general at the National Archives, at that point in time, to retrieve the records, there is a voluntary exchange of communication with those individuals. And as I understand that, once again, they don’t have any past knowledge of this.”
