The National Archives have formally request for the Department of Justice to look into Trump’s handling of records after reports that Trump clogged White House toilets by attempting to flush documents down the pipes have emerged.
to look into Trump’s handling of records during and after his time in office.
Such an inquiry could possibly lead to criminal charges against Trump, as tampering with official documents is in violation of the Presidential Records Act, though experts say that this is unlikely. Fifteen boxes of material from Trump’s time as president were recovered from his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Flordia. That these boxes were in Trump’s possession rather than with the National ArchivesAlthough the contents of the boxes are largely unknown, sources with knowledge of the retrieval have said that they include keepsakes from Trump’s presidential tenure, such as letters from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Trump’s handling of presidential documents, both inside and out of the White House, has attracted renewed attention after the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack started receiving documents from the National Archives that were relevant to their inquiry. Several documents that were handed over to the committee, which were once handled by Trump,
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