But His Boxes

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nycsouthpaw.com/p/but-his-boxes



This week, news has emerged about an increasingly serious confrontation between former President Trump and the National Archives and Records Administration about so-called Presidential records carried off to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his term. Since the reforms that followed the Watergate Era, those records have been deemed the public’s property and required by law to be turned over from the White House to the Archives when a president leaves office.

First, on Monday, the Washington Post broke the news that the Archives had “retrieved 15 boxes of documents” from the former President’s Florida resort property in January. That story reported that the boxes included some sentimental mementos—Trump’s “love letters” with the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and the letter left by former President Obama for Trump on the day of his sullen, poorly-attended inauguration.

The New York Times followed with its own report largely matching the WaPo story. The Times added two specific items to the known contents of the boxes: the infamous NOAA hurricane map on which Trump drew his own line with a Sharpie marker in a vain attempt to expand the hurricane’s forecasted impact zone to match his own tweets and a somewhat mysterious article of clothing.

Subtle variations in language between the two papers showed a difference in their approaches. WaPo’s headline—“National Archives had to retrieve Trump White House records from Mar-a-Lago”—and lede cast the Archives in an active role. This language echoed the statement issued by the Archives, which said:

“In mid-January 2022, NARA arranged for the transport from the Trump Mar-a-Lago property in Florida to the National Archives of 15 boxes that contained Presidential records, following discussions with President Trump’s representatives in 2021.”

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[Totally Tunsie]

1. Best headline title in a long time!

[Nevilledog]

4. Simple, yet perfect.

[ARPad95]

2. Butt His Boxers, too

If the story is true that he flushed documents down the WH commode, he must have stuffed them somewhere top...err...bottom secret on the way from the Oval...err...Offal (in his case) office to the golden throne.

[lagomorph777]

6. He transported the documents in his colon.

[nebby70]

3. I remember being concerned watching the departure of TFG staff ...

... way, way too many boxes, pictures and stuff seemed to be leaving for a 4 yr stay ...
... when I emptied my office of 26 yrs I managed to do it in two empty copy paper boxes ...
... I figured surely someone at least checked to see if the China Room shelves weren't empty ...
... sigh ...
... doesn't that guy and his minions ever fade away???....

[dalton99a]

5. Kick