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☆ The National Archives slapped down Trump's claim that Obama and Bush mishandled government records after leaving office
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The National Archives rejected Trump's claim that other former presidents mishandled government docs. NARA described Trump's accusations as "false and misleading." Trump is being investigated by the Justice Department for how he handled government records. In recent statements and at a rally on Sunday, Trump has accused other former presidents of mishandling government records after leaving office, but said they faced no legal penalties. Under the Presidential Records Act, presidents must hand over all government records to the NARA on leaving office.

In a filing on Tuesday, the Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to reject Trump's request because he has not pointed to any "clear error" in the lower court's decision or shown how he is harmed by it. Cannon had temporarily barred the Justice Department from examining the seized documents until the special master she appointed, Judge Raymond Dearie, had identified any that could be considered privileged. The Justice Department has "attempted to criminalize a document management dispute and now vehemently objects to a transparent process that provides much-needed oversight," Trump's lawyers added. At issue in the 11th Circuit's ruling were documents bearing classified markings of confidential, secret or top secret. In an interview on Fox News last month, Trump asserted that he had the power to declassify documents "even by thinking about it."

☆ National Archives rejects Trump claim on former presidents' records
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The National Archives, the federal agency responsible for preserving U.S. government records, on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump's claim that his predecessors had retained "millions" of White House documents. At a rally in Arizona on Sunday, Trump accused three former presidents - Republicans George H.W. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), without naming Trump, said it took possession of all records from those three former presidents. The agency previously rejected a similar claim that Trump had made about his immediate predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama, which he repeated on Sunday. The National Archives said it moved the records of those former presidents to temporary facilities located near future presidential libraries.

WASHINGTON—A lawyer for Donald Trump has told federal investigators that a fellow attorney assured her that he had conducted a thorough search of the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate before asking her to certify in June that all government records requested in a subpoena had been returned, according to a person familiar with the matter. The certification by Christina Bobb was undermined two months later when the FBI searched the Florida compound and retrieved boxes of presidential records that belong to the National Archives along with classified documents. Ms. Bobb’s interview with Justice Department investigators on Friday marked the latest twist in the confrontation between the former president and the government over missing records.

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump filed an emergency request Tuesday asking the Supreme Court to intervene in the case involving classified records he kept at Mar-a-Lago after he left office. In their request, Trump's attorneys asked the court to vacate part of a ruling issued Sept. 21 by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the Justice Department could resume using classified documents taken from Mar-a-Lago in its criminal investigation and barred the special master from reviewing them. The latter part of the appeals court decision "impairs substantially the ongoing, time-sensitive work of the special master,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in the filing Tuesday. Justice Clarence Thomas, who handles emergency applications from the 11th Circuit, asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to file a response to Trump's request by Oct. 11 at 5 p.m.

☆ National Archives to Report on Whether More Trump Files Are Missing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Siobhan Hughes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—The National Archives faces a Tuesday deadline to update a congressional committee on a key question: Are there still documents from the Trump White House that are unaccounted for? National Archives officials last month told staff for House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D., N.Y.) that they aren’t sure whether all presidential records from the Trump administration are in its custody, as federal law dictates, prompting the committee to set Sept. 27 as a deadline for an update. The National Archives declined to comment.

☆ Mike Pence's former chief of staff said it's 'absurd' that Donald Trump thinks he can declassify documents by 'thinking about it'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Yelena Dzhanova | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former Mike Pence aide said it's "absurd" that Donald Trump claimed he can declassify documents with his mind. "If you're the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying, 'It's declassified,'" Trump said earlier this week. Marc Short, who served as Pence's chief of staff in the White House, said his claim is "absurd" in an interview with CBS News. Trump has so far denied all assertions of wrongdoing, saying initially that he had "declassified" the documents. Under the Presidential Records Act, presidential records must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration upon leaving office.

She called the "pattern of fraud and deception" used by Trump and the Trump Organization "astounding." 'DISASTERS OF THE WORLD'(L-R) Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington, July 2014. Donald Trump Jr tweeted that James was "weaponizing her office to go after her political opponents!" Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has separately charged the Trump Organization with criminal tax fraud, and is preparing for an Oct. 24 trial. read more"Our criminal investigation concerning former President Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, and its leadership is active and ongoing," Bragg said in a statement.

(L-R) Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington, July 2014. It also named as defendants the Trump Organization - a family company that manages hotels, golf courses and other real estate around the world - as well as the former president's sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump. But James said she was referring allegations of criminal wrongdoing to federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the Internal Revenue Service for investigation. "The pattern of fraud and deception that was used by Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization for their own financial benefit is astounding," James said at a news conference. James' civil probe is separate from a criminal tax fraud probe against the Trump Organization by Manhattan's district attorney, Alvin Bragg.

☆ Former White House attorney warned Trump about the legal risk of holding onto classified documents nearly a year after he left office. Trump was noncommittal about returning them, report says.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Eric Herschmann warned Trump about the legal risk of keeping classified documents, NYT reported. Sources told NYT Herschmann was no longer working as Trump's lawyer at the time of the warning. In the historic August 8 search of Mar-a-Lago, the FBI found 12 additional boxes worth of documents Trump had retained in his Palm Beach, Florida, home. The documents are currently at the center of a legal battle between Trump and the Justice Department. The office of former President Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Special master grills Trump's lawyers for evidence that Mar-a-Lago records were declassified: 'You can't have your cake and eat it'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Judge Raymond Dearie grilled Trump's lawyers about the classification status of Mar-a-Lago records. Dearie was appointed "special master" at the request of Trump's team. "You can't have your cake and eat it," Dearie said after Trump's lawyers resisted confirming Trump's claim that the records had been declassified. Dearie's remarks were all the more noteworthy given that he was appointed "special master" at Trump's own request. "But Plaintiff does not actually assert—much less provide any evidence—that any of the seized records bearing classification markings have been declassified."

☆ Trump may be called to testify at ally's foreign agent trial, judge says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn told several prospective jurors for Barrack's trial about the prospect of Trump testifying to gauge whether they might be biased against the defendant. Barrack raised money for Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign and chaired Trump's 2017 inaugural committee. Twelve jurors and four alternates are due to serve in the trial, which is expected to last about one month. Cogan dismissed one prospective juror who said she did not like Trump, prompting the judge to ask if she could set her feelings aside. the prospective juror asked.

Companies Us Justice Department FollowWASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked a federal appeals court to let it resume reviewing classified materials seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. The Justice Department must now convince the Atlanta-based appeals court, with a conservative majority, to take its side in litigation over the records probe. The government's motion comes after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday rejected the same requests from the Justice Department. REUTERS/Al Drago/File PhotoThere were roughly 100 classified documents among the 11,000 records gathered in the FBI's court-approved Aug. 8 search at the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort. If Cannon's ruling stands, experts said, it would likely stall the Justice Department investigation involving the government records.

☆ George Conway says 'any fair jury' would convict Trump over his handling of classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

George Conway said "any fair jury" would convict Trump over his handling of classified documents. "The one way he had out of this was to basically turn the documents over a year ago," Conway said. "I think it's going to be very difficult for the Justice Department to decline prosecuting him," Conway said. "I think before any fair jury, he'd have to be convicted based upon what we're seeing. When Jong-Fast asked what a "good lawyer" could do for Trump, Conway replied: "Nothing."

☆ George Conway says individuals defending Trump over his handling of presidential records are 'basically desperate'
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-13 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

George Conway during a CNN interview was highly critical of Trump's handling of classified documents. "Having top-secret FBI information in our home? Conway said individuals defending Trump and criticizing the FBI were "basically desperate." On CNN, Conway proceeded to lambast individuals who have backed Trump's claims regarding the FBI's search. He had no business bringing top-secret FBI material from the Situation Room or the Oval Office up to the residence.

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