Edition · March 28, 2022

The Daily Fuckup — March 28, 2022

2 verified reports published on March 28, 2022.

This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.

Closing take

The common thread here is simple: Trump-world kept turning avoidable problems into institutional ones. By March 28, 2022, the records fight was no longer a dusty archival spat, and the January 6 inquiry was no longer a political thunderstorm without lightning. The paper trail was getting thicker, the excuses thinner, and the consequences harder to dodge.

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The House keeps tightening the vise on Trump’s January 6 allies

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

On March 28, 2022, the January 6 select committee voted to recommend criminal contempt citations for Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino, turning its investigation into a more forceful bid to compel cooperation. The full House acted on that recommendation later, on April 6.

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Trump’s records mess keeps mutating into a legal problem

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

The National Archives fight over Trump-era presidential records kept moving from an administrative dispute into something closer to a potential criminal exposure. By March 28, 2022, the record trail showed a government agency documenting repeated efforts to recover White House materials from Mar-a-Lago, while congressional investigators pressed for more detail. What had started as a compliance issue now looked like a deliberate test of how far Trump could push the rules before someone pushed back.

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