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15 boxes of White House records have been recovered at Trump's Mar-a-Lago

Headline from Delaware Public Media

The 15 boxes of records discovered at Mar-a-Lago should have been transferred to officials from the White House at the end of the Trump administration, officials say.

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  1. Independent Journal Review

    Boxes of White House Records Recovered From Trump's Mar-a-Lago: Report (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    There was a letter by former President Barack Obama.

  2. Local News 8

    Former White House officials describe Trump's habit of ripping up documents and haphazard record-keeping (opens Local News 8)

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    By Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump would routinely rip up documents, drafts and reading materials, and he took several boxes to Mar-a-Lago when he relocated to Florida after leaving the White House — raising concerns about his preservation of presidential records as required by federal …

  3. Washington Post

    Analysis | Boxes of Trump White House records found at Mar-a-Lago resort (opens Washington Post)

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    The recovery of the boxes from Trump’s Florida resort raises new concerns about whether Trump preserved digital and other written communications related to a president’s official duties, as the Presidential Records Act requires.

  4. Insider

    Trump took multiple boxes of White House documents, including letters from Kim Jong Un and Barack Obama, to Mar-a-Lago: report (opens Insider)

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    The National Archives has retrieved documents that Trump should have given the agency when he left office, The Washington Post reports.

  5. Portland Press Herald

    National Archives had to retrieve Trump White House records from Mar-a-Lago (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The recovery of the boxes from Trump's Florida resort raises new concerns about his adherence to the Presidential Records Act.

  6. NBC Chicago

    National Archives Retrieved 15 Boxes of Trump White House Documents From Mar-A-Lago (opens NBC Chicago)

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    The records retrieved from Mar-a-Lago should have been handed over to the National Archives once Trump left office as required by the Presidential Records Act.

  7. Delaware Public Media

    15 boxes of White House records have been recovered at Trump's Mar-a-Lago (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The 15 boxes of records discovered at Mar-a-Lago should have been transferred to officials from the White House at the end of the Trump administration, officials say.

  8. NPR

    15 boxes of White House records have been recovered at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort (opens NPR)

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    Those records should have been transferred to officials from the White House at the end of the Trump administration, according to federal law.

  9. Towleroad Gay News

    Trump Aides Still Searching For More Records -National Archives (opens Towleroad Gay News)

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's aides are looking for more White House records after the National Archives said it retrieved 15 boxes of official

  10. NBC News

    National Archives says Trump took 15 boxes of White House records to Florida (opens NBC News)

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    The former president took documents that were supposed to be turned over to the National Archives to his home in Florida, the agency said.

  11. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Papers retrieved from Trump home (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    The National Archives and Records Administration last month retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence because the material should have been turned over to the agency when he left the White House, archives officials said Monday.

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