Category: National Archives

Trump Reveals More Details on Mar-a-Lago Raid

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon revealed more details on the circumstances surrounding the FBI’s Aug. 8 raid of his Mar-a-Lago home. “In early June, the DOJ and FBI asked my legal representatives to put an extra lock on the door leading to the place where boxes were stored in Mar-a-Lago – We agreed,”…


GOP Launches NARA Probe Over FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid

Oversight GOP figures are requesting the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provide information on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) raid of former president Donald Trump’s resort in Mar-a-Lago. “NARA’s singling out of President Trump’s handling of official records stands starkly in contrast to the way NARA has treated far clearer violations committed by politicians…


Oversight GOP Launches NARA Probe Over FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid

Oversight GOP figures are requesting the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provide information on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) raid of former president Donald Trump’s resort in Mar-a-Lago. “NARA’s singling out of President Trump’s handling of official records stands starkly in contrast to the way NARA has treated far clearer violations committed by politicians…


JFK Assassination Records: Lawyer Sues National Archives, Working on a Complaint Against Biden

A lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the National Archives in an attempt to obtain the underlying correspondence and memos relating to the decisions of Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden to postpone the release of the JFK records, six decades after the event. The move comes after Biden released a memorandum in October 2021 authorizing another…


National Archives Gives Trump White House Records to Jan. 6 Committee

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has handed records from the Trump administration’s time in office to the House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. The archives “provided the Select Committee with all the records at issue in the litigation,” a NARA spokesperson told news outlets on Friday….


Biden Administration Releases Nearly 1,500 Secret Government Documents on JFK’s Assassination

The National Archives on Dec. 15 released almost 1,500 previously classified government documents on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, keeping in line with a deadline set by President Joe Biden in October. The 1,491 documents were released in keeping with a federal statute that calls for the government to release the records…


Biden Admin Releases Nearly 1,500 Secret Documents on JFK’s Assassination

The National Archives on Dec. 15 released almost 1,500 previously classified government documents on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, keeping in line with a deadline set by President Joe Biden in October. The 1,491 documents were released in keeping with a federal statute that calls for the government to release the records…


National Archives Calls It Own Rotunda ‘Structurally Racist,’ Proposes to Add ‘Trigger Warnings’

A report by National Archives finds that the federal agency’s iconic Rotunda, where founding documents of the United States are on prominent display, is a symbol of “structural racism,” suggesting that the chamber should place “trigger warnings” to protect visitors from its contents. The report (pdf) was released by the National Archives’ Task Force on…


National Archives Calls Its Own Rotunda ‘Structurally Racist,’ Proposes to Add ‘Trigger Warnings’

A report by National Archives finds that the federal agency’s iconic Rotunda, where founding documents of the United States are on prominent display, is a symbol of “structural racism,” suggesting that the chamber should place “trigger warnings” to protect visitors from its contents. The report (pdf) was released by the National Archives’ Task Force on…


Official Presidential Library for Trump Comes Online, Highlights Impeachments

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration launched a digital presidential library for former President Donald Trump, with a biography highlighting the two impeachments against him. The website was put online on Wednesday. It currently allows visitors to view the Trump administration’s publicly archived social media accounts and websites, including the @WhiteHouse45 Twitter account and Trump White…