The National Records and Archives Administration told House Democrats Friday that it has not yet retrieved all the records from the Trump administration that it should have under federal law and would consult with the Justice Department on further action.
from officials in the Trump administration that it should have under federal law and would consult with the Justice Department on further action.
In a letter to House Oversight Committee chair Carolyn Maloney, Debra Steidel Wall, the acting archivist of the United States, said some White House staff used"non-official electronic messaging accounts" for official business that were not copied or forwarded into their official accounts, which is required under federal law.
"While there is no easy way to establish absolute accountability, we do know that we do not have custody of everything we should," she told Congress. The Archives, Wall wrote,"has been able to obtain such records from a number of officials and will continue to pursue the return of similar types of presidential records from former officials."
Representative Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat from New York and chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, speaks during hearing in Washington, D.C., US, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. "As appropriate, NARA would consult with the Department of Justice on whether 'to initiate an action for the recovery of records unlawfully removed,' as established under the Federal Records Act," she said.
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