Presidential Records

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  8/27/2022
  

  What's Behind Trump's Defiance of the National Archives (and the Law?)

  The civil servants working to preserve and secure government records have faced threats and harassment since the National Archives brought the FBI into its efforts to get the former president to comply with the law and return public documents. 

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• SOURCE: Bloomberg
  8/20/2022
  

  Republicans Expected to Grill Biden's National Archivist Nominee in Retaliation for Mar-A-Lago Warrant

  Despite the fact that she currently leads the White House Historical Association and has no connection to the National Archives, Colleen Shogan can expect a tough nomination fight as Senate Republicans pick up Donald Trump's grudge over the enforcement of presidential records law. 

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• SOURCE: Salon
  8/19/2022
  

  After Mar-a-Lago: Historians Among Experts on the Meaning of the Search and the Danger Ahead

  Historian of fascism Federico Finchelstein says that the Trump World response to the search warrant exposes their core belief that Trump's leadership supersedes the rule of law and justifies any response to maintain it. 

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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.