Coverage dated January 31, 2022

Some Trump Records Were Torn Up by the Former President and Later Taped Together: Agency

Headline from NBC 6 South Florida

Some Trump White House documents preserved by the National Archives were ripped up by the former president and had to be taped back together by government officials, the records agency said Tuesday. “Some of the Trump presidential records received by the National Archives and Records Administration …

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  1. Local News 8

    Some Trump White House records handed over to January 6 committee had been ripped up (opens Local News 8)

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    By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN Some Trump White House documents that have been handed over to the House select committee investigating January 6 had to be taped back together by National Archives staff because they had been ripped up, the agency said in a statement.

  2. Insider

    Some records from the Trump White House obtained by the January 6 committee were torn and taped back together (opens Insider)

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    The former president had a penchant for ripping presidential documents and leaving them for staffers to patch up during his time in office.

  3. The Guardian

    Trump tore up records turned over to House Capitol attack committee (opens The Guardian)

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    National Archives says it received ripped-up documents from White House before turning them over to Congress

  4. The Hill

    National Archives receives Trump records that were ripped apart, taped back together: report (opens The Hill)

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    Some of the Trump White House documents that were handed over to the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 by the National Archives and Records Administration were reportedly torn up and taped back together.

  5. Hot Air

    Some records sent to Jan. 6 committee were torn up, taped back together (opens Hot Air)

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    Former president Donald Trump was known inside the White House for his unusual and potentially unlawful habit of tearing presidential records into shreds and tossing them on the floor — creating a hea...

  6. NBC 6 South Florida

    Some Trump Records Were Torn Up by the Former President and Later Taped Together: Agency (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    Some Trump White House documents preserved by the National Archives were ripped up by the former president and had to be taped back together by government officials, the records agency said Tuesday. “Some of the Trump presidential records received by the National Archives and Records Administration …

  7. Washington Post

    Analysis | Jan. 6 committee is following Trump's ripped up paper trail (opens Washington Post)

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    The National Archives confirmed some of the Trump White House records were ripped up and then taped back together.

  8. CBS News

    Some Trump White House records were torn up and taped back together, National Archives says (opens CBS News)

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    CNN and the Washington Post reported some documents the Archives turned over to the January 6 select committee had been torn up and reassembled.

  9. NBC News

    Some Trump records were torn up by the former president and later taped together, agency says (opens NBC News)

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    Other documents Trump ripped up were not reconstructed when handed to the National Archives, it said.

  10. Talking Points Memo

    National Archives: Some Trump White House Documents Were Torn Up, Reassembled With Tape (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    Some documents from the Trump White House that the National Archives handed over to the Jan. 6 committee were torn apart and then taped back together, according to the Washington Post.

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