Former President Donald Trump and his allies have been mischaracterizing the Presidential Records Act, a 1978 law enacted in the wake of Watergate, in order to defend himself against his indictment last week. The law does not give Trump the right to take documents with him as he left the White House, and the National Archives and Records Administration is monitoring the situation.
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Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on 37 counts of criminal activity, including willfully keeping sensitive national defense information under the Espionage Act. Attorney General William Barr has stated that if the counts of espionage are true, Trump is "toast". The indictment follows an investigation by the National Archives which found documents missing from the files turned over at the end of Trump's term.
Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 38 counts in connection with an investigation into his handling of sensitive government materials after leaving the White House. The indictment includes 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information and single counts of false statements and representations, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document, concealing a document in a federal investigation and a scheme to lie and mislead federal investigators. This marks the first time in U.S. history that a former president has faced federal criminal charges and the outcome of the case is yet to be determined.
The FBI conducted a consensual search of former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home on Friday as part of a classified records probe. Local police were directing traffic in the area while the search was carried out, which followed the discovery of documents with classified markings by attorneys last month. The search is the latest indication that the investigation into the Trump administration's actions in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot is expanding.
Key takeaways: The FBI conducted a search of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in mid-November. The search was prompted by the…
Key takeaways: The National Archives is taking steps to ensure that all presidential records are accounted for and properly stored. The Presidential Records Act (PRA)…
Mike Pence recently asked an attorney to review four boxes of documents stored in his Indiana home, which revealed around a dozen classified documents. These documents were promptly turned over to the FBI, and Pence denied taking any classified documents when asked in Iowa. The FBI is now investigating the documents to determine their origin and if any laws were broken.
Mike Pence's lawyer has informed the National Archives that a "small number of documents" containing potentially sensitive or classified information were found in Pence's personal home. The documents were "inadvertently boxed and transported" to Pence's home at the end of the last administration and Pence is willing to cooperate with any appropriate inquiry. The National Archives has not yet commented on the situation and it is unclear what the documents contain or what will happen to them.