All presidents since Reagan mishandled classified memos, Trump first referred to DOJ, Archives says
Every president since Ronald Reagan has mishandled classified documents, according to NARA officials
Natalia Mittelstadt
Updated: May 19, 2023 - 11:18pm
Prior to former President Donald Trump, the Justice Department had not been involved in enforcing the Presidential Records Act, according to testimony from a National Archives and Records Administration official.
On Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee released a transcript from an interview in March with NARA officials in which the agency's chief operating officer, William Bosanko, testified that the agency had "found classified information in unclassified boxes" for all the presidential administrations "from Reagan forward."
He also said the boxes of materials were in NARA's custody at the time the agency made the discovery.
However, Bosanko, who said he has “worked at the National Archives for more than 30 years,” also said he was not aware that the DOJ had any involvement with enforcing the Presidential Records Act prior to Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and President Joe Biden, all of whom were recently found to have classified document in their possession.
In response to House Delegate Stacey E. Plaskett’s (D-U.S. Virgin Islands) question about DOJ providing guidance to new presidential administrations for following the Presidential Records Act, Bosanko said he was “not aware of DOJ” being involved.
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