Commentary
Ilan Hulkower April 10, 2023
New Bombshell Reveals National Archives May Have Misled Congress About Trump Mar-a-Lago Documents, New Internal Memos Show
While an official from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) wrote to Congress insisting that the governmental institution had nothing further to do with the federal criminal investigation about alleged classified marked documents that were found at Mar-a-Lago after it referred to the matter to the Department of Justice (DOJ), this may not be entirely truthful according to a stream of internal memos discovered by Just The News.
NARA’s referral to the DOJ was in February 2022. According to the letter from a NARA Archivist to Congress, it stated that “When NARA identified items marked as classified national security information within the 15 boxes, NARA referred this issue to the DOJ. Since that time, the DOJ has been exclusively responsible for all aspects of this investigation, and NARA has not been involved in the DOJ investigation or any searches that it has conducted.” NARA used this as an excuse to plead ignorance and say that they were “unable to provide a briefing or any documents in response to your letter, and we refer you to the DOJ.”
Since then a stream of internal memos, emails, and letters that were uncovered through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) contradicts this narrative and raises questions. Indeed, internal communications show that one week after the letter to Congress, a senior NARA official was seeking data from the FBI about the case. Here the NARA liaison to the White House texted that he “[n]eeds the case number for the FBI review.” A colleague texted back that “I think it’s LW 2022-070. This is the FBI review of the 15 boxes correct?” The liaison responded in the affirmative.
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https://dcenquirer.com/new-bombshell-reveals-national-archives-may-have-misled-congress-about-trump-mar-a-lago-documents-new-internal-memos-show/
