The National Archives Administration of the United States (NARA, in English) confirmed this Friday that it found classified national security information in the 15 boxes of documents that former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) took from the White House when he left office.
This was explained by the head of NARA, David Ferriero, in a letter in response to several questions posed by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney after learning that these official documents were recovered in January at the former president’s residence in Florida.
“The National Archives Administration has identified classified national security information in the boxes,” confirmed the senior official in his letter, in which he explained that the Department of Justice has been informed of this finding.
National Archives continues to analyze the contents of the 15 boxes, which he recovered last January of the residence of donald trump in Mar-a-Lago (Florida) and expects to conclude the process on February 25.
Ferreiro also confirmed, as several media outlets had anticipated, that the republican used to tear up official documents, despite the fact that the leaders are obliged to deliver them to the National Archivess when they leave the White House.
“Although the staff of the White House during the Trump Administration pasted some documents, others that they sent us were not reconstructed,” the official detailed.
When they leave the White House, US presidents must deliver all letters, notes, emails and other written communications related to their official duties as president to the National Archives for preservation.
The fact that Trump taking those boxes to Florida is a likely violation of the Presidential Records Actwhich requires the preservation of such documents.
However, federal prosecutors would have to prove that he intentionally tampered with confidential information or was extremely negligent with him, something complicated, and more so in the case of a president who can declassify data at will.
Among the documents taken by the former president were also correspondence sent to him by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during the bilateral thaw, which Trump once described as “love letters.”
After coming out last week in various media outlets, Trump said in a statement that the documents he had taken “were delivered easily and without conflict and in a very amicable manner” to the National Archives, and that the material will one day be displayed in the library. presidential that will bear his name. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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