Posted on 02/14/2025 7:40:06 PM PST by Libloather
The acting head of the National Archives announced his resignation on Friday, paving the way for Donald Trump to continue his takeover of the government’s records and the agency that serves as custodian of the nation’s history.
Deputy Archivist William Bosanko informed staff in an email Friday that he will step down on Tuesday. Bosanko, who has worked at the agency since 1993, has been the acting head of the National Archives and Records Administration for just a week, after Trump fired Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan.
Under federal law, a president can fire the archivist but must also “communicate the reasons for any such removal to each House of the Congress.” Trump did not do that. Over a week ago, the Trump White House moved to make Secretary of State Marco Rubio the acting archivist, despite standing law that the deputy archivist assumes those responsibilities if the position is vacant.
Bosanko’s exit is part of a Trump putsch at the agency, which was deeply involved in the case of the top-secret documents Trump removed from the White House when he left office in 2021. According to two sources familiar with the situation, Bosanko was pushed out by Jim Byron, a 31-year old who was recently president of the Richard Nixon Foundation. Byron delivered Bosanko an ultimatum: Resign now or be fired next week.
Reached by phone Friday evening, Byron declined to comment.
Byron has been working out of the Archives’ offices as a political appointee representing the White House. Byron has often described himself as a mentee of Hugh Hewitt, an ardent pro-Trump commentator who preceded Bryon as head of the Nixon Foundation and who now sits on its board. (The Nixon Foundation and the Archives have occasionally been in conflict with each other...
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Wait, the classified records he removed from the White House, or the classified records that NARA unceremoniously dumped boxes of out in the drive way and told Trump to get them out of there?
ping
...Contrary to public and legal assertions, NARA was working with DOJ/White House to craft a criminal referral by Sept. 2021—FIVE MONTHS before the “official” referral by NARA to DOJ in Feb 2022....
Did Mother Jones get USAID funding too?
Mother Jones can sit down and twirl.
| They want it both ways: They want to force Trump to take possession of classified documents, implicitly admitting he owns them, then they want to prosecute him for possessing the very documents they forced him to take possession of and implicitly admitted he owned. |
Hahahahahahah “Mother Jones”...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
BING
Under federal law, a president can fire the archivist but must also “communicate the reasons for any such removal to each House of the Congress.” Trump did not do that
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Oh, ask Trump Congress.
Go ahead.
He’s probably begging you to bring this up
William J. Bosanko was appointed Deputy Archivist of the United States on December 1, 2023. He has been a member of the Senior Executive Service at NARA since 2008. From January of 2013 through November 2023 he served as NARA’s Chief Operating Officer, responsible for all facets of NARA’s archival mission. From 2011 to 2013 he served as NARA’s Executive for Agency Services and was responsible for NARA’s efforts nationwide to service the ongoing records management needs of federal agencies and to represent the public’s interest in government records with regard to accountability and transparency. Mr. Bosanko previously served as the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office from 2008 to 2011 where he was responsible for oversight of the government-wide security classification system, the controlled unclassified information system, and the National Industrial Security Program. Mr. Bosanko began his career with NARA in 1993, first as an archives technician and later as an archivist and a management and program analyst. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science from Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania).
With Trump’s person in charge maybe they’ll finally locate the Ark of the Covenant
“Putsch”? Try Constitutionally elected.
Colleen Shogan is a real piece of work...
"head of the National Archives"
David Corn is at it again.
The fired Archivist was participating in a seditious conspiracy. She should get 22 years.
not for sure,, but it’s owned by The Center for Investigative Reporting and there seems to be “journalism” in foreign countries with exact same name.
I would believe mother jones got/gets some sort of helps from US govt.
no way those who listen/read fully pay money the expenses.
"PoliSigh?" With a minor in Journalism, maybe?
As the mechanic said after he lifted the hood of the car and took a look... "Well, there's your problem right there!"
“head of the National Archives”
The head of the National Archives is the Supreme Leader and Dictator of all US policy and the right hand of God Almightly. For example if Trump gets information that there are nuclear missiles in the air flying toward London, he can only tell the British if he first wakes up the head of the National Archives to make sure the information is permitted to be disclosed.
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