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National Archives Presses Trump Team for Missing Presidential Records

By Sept. 6, 2021, the Trump records fight was already turning into a basic accountability test: the National Archives said it was still trying to account for presidential records that had not been turned over after Trump left office. The dispute was not yet the later classified-documents case. At this point, the public record showed a narrower but still serious question about missing White House materials, including records the Archives said should have been transferred.

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National Archives Presses Trump Team for Missing Presidential Records

By Sept. 6, 2021, the Trump records fight was already turning into a basic accountability test: the National Archives said it was still trying to account for presidential records that had not been turned over after Trump left office. The dispute was not yet the later classified-documents case. At this point, the public record showed a narrower but still serious question about missing White House materials, including records the Archives said should have been transferred.

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National Archives Presses Trump Team for Missing Presidential Records

By Sept. 6, 2021, the Trump records fight was already turning into a basic accountability test: the National Archives said it was still trying to account for presidential records that had not been turned over after Trump left office. The dispute was not yet the later classified-documents case. At this point, the public record showed a narrower but still serious question about missing White House materials, including…

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