The Justice Department told White House personnel that they must preserve all notes regarding President Trump's meetings and phone calls with foreign leaders
"Defendants today instructed relevant personnel to preserve the information," Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge in a court filing.The question of whether the White House was preserving the information arose in federal court Tuesday, following government transparency and historical archivist groups' emergency request to maintain the notes from the Trump-Volodymyr Zelensky July 25 call and other Trump discussions with world leaders.
The transparency and archivist groups had flagged record-keeping practices around the Zelensky call this week following a whistleblower's accusation and CNN reporting that the White House restricted access to several transcripts of calls between Trump and foreign leaders.
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