Trump tore up letter from Schumer into 'tiny pieces': Report
by Daniel Chaitin
| June 10, 2018 05:40 PM
President Trump's habit of ripping papers after reading them led to the demise of a letter sent by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, according to a report.
“I had a letter from Schumer — he tore it up,†Soloman Lartey, who formerly was tasked with records management for the White House, told Politico. “It was the craziest thing ever. He ripped papers into tiny pieces.â€
Which letter from the New York Democrat was torn up was not identified.
The Politico report delved into how Lartey and his colleagues would use Scotch tape to piece back together papers torn up by Trump to fulfill legal requirements to preserve White House records as stipulated by the Presidential Records Act.
“We got Scotch tape, the clear kind,†Lartey noted. “You found pieces and taped them back together and then you gave it back to the supervisor.â€
All papers that were mended were then sent to the National Archives for filing.
Lartey, along with his former colleague, Reginald Young, Jr., told the news outlet that this routine, which marked a departure from their time working under the Obama administration, was happening at least up until the Spring, when they were abruptly fired without an explanation.
Neither the White House nor Irene Porada, the head of human resources who personally fired both men, did not respond to Politico's requests for comment on their terminations.
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