Presidential Records

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  2/12/2021
  

  Lawsuit Saves Trump White House Records

  The lawsuit also required the preservation of WhatsApp messages from figures including Jared Kushner. 

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  1/16/2021
  

  Will Trump’s Mishandling of Records Leave a Hole in History?

  Historians and potential prosecutors are concerned about the White House's noncompliance with the Presidential Records Act, but the truth is that the act is toothless. 

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  12/23/2020
  

  Democracy, History and the Presidential Records Act

  by James Grossman and Richard Immerman

  It's time to update the Presidential Records Act to clarify the kinds of materials that must be preserved and create real penalties for destroying them. 

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  12/1/2020
  

  AHA Joins Lawsuit to Protect Historical Records

  The AHA is party to a lawsuit pressing the Trump administration and the National Archives to comply with laws requiring complete preservation of presidential records. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/16/2020
  

  Let History, Not Partisans, Prosecute Trump

  by Jill Lepore

  Historian Jill Lepore argues that the conditions that have required Truth and Reconciliation ccommissions don't apply to the Trump administration; historians should be fighting to safeguard the preservation of records so that future researchers can tell the story of the Trump years.