House panel expands probe into Trump's handling of White House documents
By Lexi Lonas - 02/25/22 07:37 AM EST
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is expanding its probe into former President Trump's handling of White House documents.
Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) sent a letter on Friday to the national archivist following the National Archives’ statement that Trump had classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, The New York Times reported. It has also been reported that Trump may have ripped up some classified documents.
Maloney stated that the committee wanted to know more about the contents of the classified documents Trump took to Mar-a-Lago.
She wants information such as the documents' level of classification and which documents Trump was able to destroy.
The committee wants Trump’s communications pertaining to record-keeping and the Presidential Records Act along with results of federal investigations into the documents, according to the Times.
“The American people deserve to know the extent of what former President Trump did to hide and destroy federal records and make sure these abuses do not happen again,” Maloney said.
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