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    Former Presidents Are Not Allowed to Take Home Official Records

    by Saranac Hale Spencer Feb 18, 2022 4 minutes

    Quick Take

    The National Archives recovered 15 boxes of materials from former President Donald Trump’s time in office. Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, claimed that the law allowed Trump to “take documents when he left the White House.” But a former president isn’t allowed to take possession of official records, which Trump has said these are.

    Full Story

    The National Archives and Records Administration retrieved 15 boxes of records from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in January, NARA has confirmed.

    Some of the other records that NARA had received earlier from the Trump administration had been torn up by the former president and, in some cases, taped back together by records management officials at the White House, according to a issued on Jan. 31.

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