But some historians and public-interest advocates say that new details about Trump's habit of destroying documents — along with his decision to take at least 15 boxes of items home from Washington — have exposed holes in the law governing the preservation ofrecords and threatened to muddy the picture of his presidency in ways that are significant for posterity and the rule of law.
Records of the Trump presidency have been a hot topic in Washington recently because of his efforts to shield information from the special House committee investigating his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was intended to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory — and Trump’s defeat — in the 2020 election.
When he left office, Trump took some records to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where they were recently retrieved by the National Archives. White House call logs from Jan.
That set included what Trump once called"love letters" from North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un and the traditional predecessor-to-successor note that President Barack Obama left for Trump during the 2017 transition of power, as well asUnder the Presidential Records Act, a law enacted in response to President Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal and updated most recently in 2014, White House officials, including the president, are required to preserve most documents and recordings for...
Lock him up now.ok soon.
And he never paid for sex from Prono Stars either :)
But Joe Biden has sealed and hidden his records and documents but NBC and other media just ignore and accept it?
This? This is what’s going to “muddy the picture of his presidency”? Not what occurred on January 6th, but instead this? What a world we live in. SMH
Just give him some time and paper and he will recreate every document. Crayon OK? No demerits for spelling or grammar please. Accuracy not guaranteed!
How would they know?
How do you have the ignorance to suggest that thieving documents could 'muddy' the history of his administration? I would say it was 'muddied' since he took office, and so should you.
I don't believe this the story is totally made up just like the Russian collusion bullshit.
When do you plan on covering the Clinton story today?
“public interest advocates”? Are they like “fact-checkers”?
Trump: “People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once,”
Lock him up!
'Could muddy it?' Are you kidding me? His presidency is so muddy a monster truck would get stuck in it.
His presidency is already muddied, even before us learning he destroyed documents.
Plus he’s a proven pathological liar.
Oh, 'this' will muddy his presidency Seriously. If NBC News would just maybe report investigative news and not just ignore the fact that the defeated former president is a TRAITOR. He is a criminal and everyone is looking the other way!! Can we please get some outrage & truth?
That ship has sailed.
It’s not mud, it’s shit.
That’s so weird- think if he tried to use of parts of us government they would have a copy to confirm it. J6 has nothing -so it’s time -could be documents -outrage! Actual history of Biden firing people that will be in the archives.
Tump is incapable of telling the truth never has never will.
“Some say” “could” but still no facts or evidence to back up the allegations. But NBC sure is taking the ball and running with it as if it were true.
Is that why he always complained about water pressure. Not enough pressure to flush his torn up papers. Toilets work on gravity to push the water through to the drain. There is no pressure.
That’s what muddies the picture of his presidency? Are you kidding me ?
🤣🤣🤣
Not muddy. We knew he was the most corrupt president in American history. It's not a surprise to anyone.
Well if he ate them then pooped them out, he flushed them …
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TFG is a disgrace to this nation. DemandJustice SaveOurDemocracy
Where was all this outrage for Hillary? If you’re going to hold one person accountable they all should be held accountable to the same standard and that’s fairness.
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Does anyone believe for a minute that Trump wouldn’t sell govt information that he thought was “no big deal” to enrich himself?
I think we already have a cleared eye picture of this total and catastrophic failure of a presidency.
Hillary didn't destroy documents.
He doesn’t have an honest bone in his body……
You don’t think he’s going to admit doing it do you? He isn’t capable of any form of truthfulness,…so let’s flush this toilet and move on!