National Archives denies Trump referral to DOJ was connected to Dems

Source: Politico | October 25, 2022 | Kyle Cheney and Nicholas Wu

House Republicans have raised questions about the timing of the Archives’ referring Donald Trump to the Justice Department over classified records at Mar-a-Lago.

The National Archives is denying Republican accusations that its decision to refer Donald Trump’s handling of classified records to the Justice Department had anything to do with an inquiry from a top House Democrat.

House Republicans have been raising questions over the timing of the referral, which occurred on Feb. 9 — the same day House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) wrote to the agency to raise questions about Trump’s handling of sensitive documents that he retained at his Mar-a-Lago estate. But that timing is “entirely coincidental,” Acting National Archivist Debra Steidel Wall wrote in a letter to congressional Republicans on Tuesday.

The Archives’ inspector general operates with complete independence from the broader agency, Wall said, and did not receive Maloney’s letter, which was directed to the Archivist.

“At no time and under no circumstances were NARA officials pressured or influenced by Committee Democrats or anyone else,” Wall wrote.

Wall directed congressional inquiries about the ongoing investigation to DOJ, which is spearheading the probe into Trump’s handling of documents. DOJ had requested NARA “not share or otherwise disclose to others information related to NARA’s recovery of the 15 boxes at this time in order to protect the integrity of DOJ’s ongoing work,” Wall wrote.

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  • Consistent October 25, 2022 at 5:24 pm #56280

    EVERYDAY October 26, 2022 at 2:39 pm #56281

    Another typical Trumpy tactic — call into question the integrity of the National Archives. I’ve been thinking all along — the NARA and the DOJ treated Trump with too much deference. The items he took were not his; he stole them. They should have been turned over to the Archives when Trump left office. When he didn’t, the Archives should have sent law enforcement after Trump and the documents. Asking him nicely was a big mistake. Now we don’t know what happened to some of the documents. They could be in enemy hands.

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