.MaddowBlog: To hear Trump tell it, his team and the National Archives were all good pals. There appears to be evidence pointing in the opposite direction.
But the Republican has also sought to downplay the process through which the National Archives and Records Administration retrieved the mishandled materials.the other day, suggesting the matter was handled perfectly. There were “collaborative and respectful discussions,” he said, between his team and archivists. The materials “were given easily and without conflict and on a very friendly basis,” he added.that the process has been more acrimonious than the former president would have us believe.
Longtime Archives lawyer Gary Stern first reached out to a person from the White House counsel’s office who had been designated as the President Records Act point of contact about the record-keeping issue, hoping to locate the missing items and initiate their swift transfer back to NARA, said multiple sources familiar with the matter....
One source familiar with the situation says the document turnover has “not been fully resolved” and says Trump is still in possession of documents the Archives wants. The Archives hinted at this in a statement earlier this week. “Former President Trump’s representatives have informed NARA that they are continuing to search for additional Presidential records that belong to the National Archives,” the Archives said in a statement.
To hear Trump tell it, his team and the National Archives were all good pals, working together on a project in which everyone was on the same page, and everyone got what they wanted. There appears to be evidence pointing in the opposite direction.
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