National Archives: Meadows may not have stored all Trump-era records 'properly'
Source: Politico
NARA is working with counsel to Mark Meadows to obtain any Presidential records that were not properly copied or forwarded into his official account, a NARA spokesperson said in a statement to POLITICO.
A source close to former President Donald Trumps ex-chief of staff confirmed that Meadows is working with the National Archives to turn over any documents that he was supposed to provide upon the end of Trump's term.
Not worried about it at all, the source said, speaking candidly on condition of anonymity. All necessary and appropriate steps either were or are being taken.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/09/national-archives-meadows-trump-524043
turbinetree
(24,710 posts)Slammer
(714 posts)Just think:
If we had a precedent for locking up members of the Executive Branch like cabinet members and the chief of staff for not turning over records like they should, we could throw him in jail.
Just for the Federal Records Act, it's one year per email or memo.
It's another year per email or memo because it also violates the Freedom of Information Act.
And if he kept sole possession of any such record, each incident is an embezzlement charge under federal law.
Unfortunately, we had a Secretary of State in recent years who had tens of thousands of emails which she kept sole possession of for several years after she was out of office. And we collectively as a nation chose to turn our heads and look the other way. (And I'm personally guilty of that looking the other way because I campaigned for her presidential runs twice.)
Should Meadows be in jail over this?
Sure.
Will he be in jail over this?
No, he's too highly placed in government to be held accountable. Neither party wants to "go there" even though there's low-ranking former federal employees are sitting in jail for these same charges.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)sdfernando
(4,937 posts)blm
(113,083 posts)Would bet that EVERY one of them are covering up.
sakabatou
(42,170 posts)Tactical Peek
(1,211 posts)All necessary and appropriate steps either were or are being taken.
=
"Some necessary steps were not taken."
lastlib
(23,268 posts)Must've slipped his mind, what with planning insurrections an' coups an' election thefts an' stuff.......
Easy mistake to make...............
bullimiami
(13,101 posts)Hekate
(90,773 posts)Lasher
(27,632 posts)Aides would tape them back together for compliance with the Presidential Records Act of 1978.
Yeah, the only reason he isn't guilty is that aides went through his trash and cleaned up after him.
And Trump when he found out tried to fire everyone in that records department.
Lasher
(27,632 posts)There were many atrocities during his tenure.
JohnSJ
(92,366 posts)like they did to Hillary, and grill the piece of garbage for 12 hours straight
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,826 posts)Exhibit #45,325.
bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)Common folk do not get any privilege.
tanyev
(42,598 posts)Raven123
(4,862 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,949 posts)BadGimp
(4,017 posts)They all are kings and queens of transparency so...