The National Archives says it recently retrieved 15 boxes of presidential records from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club that were improperly removed from the White House.
On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol. The attack resulted in deaths, injuries, more than 700 arrests and former President Donald Trump's second impeachment.National Archives officials confirmed Monday that the agency recently retrieved 15 boxes of presidential records from former PresidentMar-a-Lago Club in Florida that were"improperly" removed after the end of his time in the White House.
According to National Archivist David Ferriero, representatives for Trump are"continuing to search" for more records that may have been improperly taken from the White House. Sources tell ABC News that the documents, which were retrieved last month, included communications between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung Un, as well as a letter from former President Barack Obama to Trump that was left as per custom ahead of Trump's inauguration.
"NARA pursues the return of records whenever we learn that records have been improperly removed or have not been appropriately transferred to official accounts," Ferriero said.In this Aug. 30, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump reviews papers during an interview in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.A spokesperson for Trump did not respond to ABC News' request for comment.
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