In a letter sent Tuesday to the acting archivist of the United States, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (DN.Y.) urged the Archives to “request a personal certification from Donald Trump that he has turned over all presidential records that he illegally removed from White House after leaving office”. Justice Department says it would accept Trump’s nominee for special master Maloney also called on the agency to “conduct an urgent review of presidential records recovered from the Trump White House to assess whether presidential records remain unaccounted for and potentially in the former president’s possession.” In the six-page letter, Maloney outlined his concerns about dozens of empty folders of classified material discovered by the FBI during an Aug. 8 search of the former president’s Mar-a-Lago Club residence, writing that “sensitive presidential records may remain outside the control and surveillance of the US government.” “While it is not clear from the inventory list why these folders were empty, the apparent separation of classified material and presidential files from their designated folders raises questions about how the materials were stored and whether sensitive material may have been lost. or received from third parties. party,” Maloney wrote. The president requested an initial evaluation of the Archives’ findings by Sept. 27 and also called on Congress to consider possible legislative revisions to the Presidential Records Act.
