WH tells Democratic investigators it no longer has Trump White House Capitol attack documents

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN

White House tells Democratic investigators it no longer has Trump White House Capitol attack documents

By Phil Mattingly, CNN

Updated 12:26 PM ET, Fri April 2, 2021

(CNN) - The White House says it no longer has custody of the documents House Democratic investigators sought to shed light on the inner workings of then President Donald Trump's top aides in the lead up to, and on the day of, the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, according to a letter obtained by CNN.

"It has been the longstanding practice for all White House records to be transferred to the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration at the end of each President's tenure," White House counsel Dana Remus wrote in a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat.

"As a result, NARA is the appropriate entity to address your request, and should have any records responsive to your request; we do not have custody of such records at the White House," Remus wrote.

House Democratic committee chairs, on March 25, sent letters requesting documents and communications from before, during and after the attack on the Capitol, from a wide range of entities, including the White House, federal agencies, local law enforcement and the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/02/politics/trump-capitol-attack-documents/index.html

[soothsayer]

1. No biggie, the archives have 'em

Hopefully

[pnwmom]

11. It IS a biggie. Usually archives material don't become public for 25 years. n/t

[Grins]

12. Or worse, disappeared...

As I recall the documents of Prescott Bush and his profiteering off WWI went to the archives and were never seen again.

[soothsayer]

22. Oh. That is a biggie. Even in the course of justice?

[ashredux]

2. Ashes...

[TwilightZone]

3. No.

As clearly noted in the article and the excerpt, the National Archives and Records Administration has them.

[RussBLib]

14. no it is not clearly stated in either the excerpt or the article

It says the National Archives is where these things are kept, but we are talking about Trump here and I would not put it past them at all to withhold some items, records, notes, memos, whatever.

Yes, the Archives WOULD have them, IF they were where they were supposed to be.

Nowhere does it state that's where the records ARE.

[Texin]

23. What they 'have' is what the tRump WH staffers deigned to give them.

I would wager that 90% (or more) of any pertinent documents were destroyed. They had two weeks from January 6, 2021 to purge files and destroy evidence. And no one can tell me they didn't do it.

[NQAS]

4. Not that it matters. . .

. . . but what's the penalty for not maintaining and transferring records to the archives.

I say "not that it matters" because I'm increasingly coming around to the conclusion that the former guy will pay absolutely no legal penalty for his corruption. That said, Germany is still indicting Nazi war criminals 80 years on. Not sure we have the will to do that - or long enough memories - but hope springs eternal.

[Martin68]

5. The records are intact and being safely maintained under the designated entity for such

records. That insures they will be available when needed, and takes the WH out of the political line of fire for indictments of a former president.

[pnwmom]

15. No, it ensures they'll be released in 25 years. n/t

[reACTIONary]

17. That's for public release...

... Not for official use.

[Martin68]

19. I believe they can be released if there might be evidence of a crime.

[pnwmom]

24. They weren't after the Nixon presidency, and there were many questions of crimes. n/t

[Progressive Jones]

18. Trump will not go unpunished. There are those who have the courage. nt

[JohnnyRingo]

26. Or the disdain.

That's the price he'll pay for being such a polarizing unlikeable asshole who shoved people aside.

Just like all those fugitives who saw their picture and knew some enemy, ex-lover, or someone they bullied in the eighth grade was going to call the hotline, Trump is only safe from the people who liked him.

[intrepidity]

6. Non-news news item.

Similar to getting a letter returned because the prior occupant moved, and they give you the new address.

[William Seger]

7. I had to read it twice looking for the reason for reporting it

Couldn't find any.

[Midnight Writer]

8. Why wouldn't House Democrats not already know this?

[Mr. Ected]

9. Developing a chain of custody? n/t

[Midnight Writer]

10. Or perhaps ensuring news coverage, sending a broadside at the WH insurrectionists?

[jmowreader]

13. I don't think there are any records

Why would Trump leave evidence of his crimes? They probably used face-to-face communication and non-White House email and text to plan this out.

[Jay25]

16. I think you may be correct. He had a bunch of yes men at the end of his term, I'm sure many

things are missing or unaccounted for.

[Mr.Bill]

20. They're worried about Hillary's Emails

while the entire Trump family was using burner phones.

[ancianita]

21. Something seems wrong here. This ongoing investigation situation doesn't call for the usual

standard operating procedure. I've no idea how valuable the documents are, but this just doesn't sound right. Due care of documents shouldn't make them inaccessible to The People's representatives.

[barbtries]

25. what do you want to bet

the National Archives have little or no documentation from that time period.

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Will a grand jury see them?

That's all that matters. Congress won't do anything with them if they could get them, just issue a report and a partisan broadside rebuttal.

[Crazyleftie]

28. Bush/Cheney deleted 22 mil emails

I am sure trump did the same