By Aaron Miller-
An investigation has been launched into Donald Trump’s handling of White House records while he was president, following reports that documents were found in the building’s toilet.
The probe was announced by a U.S panel after 15 boxes of official papers were retrieved from his private Florida home.
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National Archives officials recovered 15 boxes of White House materials from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence – in apparent contravention of federal records acts – and reports emerged this month that the former president would often rip official documents and send others to be incinerated at the Pentagon
The removal of such documents from the White House could be in violation of the law under the Presidential Records Act. Trump dismissed the story’.
Also, another fake story, that I flushed papers and documents down a White House toilet, is categorically untrue and simply made up by a reporter in order to get publicity for a mostly fictitious book,’ he wrote in a statement Thursday morning.
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Empire State Building, New York, USA, January 18, 2022 – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney during a visit to the The Empire State Building for the opening of the Restaurant and Broadway week opening event.
House oversight panel chairwoman, Carolyn Maloney, expressed deep concern the files were not handed over to the National Records at the end of Trump’s term. She also cited recent media reports claiming the 75-year-old “repeatedly attempted to destroy presidential records, which could constitute additional serious violations”.
‘Following collaborative and respectful discussions, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) openly and willingly arranged with President Trump for the transport of boxes that contained letters, records, newspapers, magazines, and various articles,’ he wrote in the third person.
He added: ‘Some of this information will someday be displayed in the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library for the public to view my Administration’s incredible accomplishments for the American People. ‘Removing or concealing government records is a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison,’ the congressional letter to NARA Archivist David Ferriero notes.
It comes after a New York Times reporter, Maggie Haberman, claimed White House staff would “periodically find the toilet clogged” and would then discover “wads of clumped up, wet printed paper… either notes or some other piece of paper they believed had been thrown” down it.
Addressing the retrieval of the official documents from his home, Trump said: “The papers were given easily and without conflict and on a very friendly basis.”
Trump dismissed the probe, claiming: ‘The media’s characterization of my relationship with NARA is Fake News. It was exactly the opposite! It was a great honor to work with NARA to help formally preserve the Trump Legacy.’
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