National Archives Head Resigns as Trump Takes Control of Records

Mother Jones ^ | 2/14/25 | Dan Friedman, David Corn

[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...

[VRW Conspirator]

Cannot get enough of this GIF:

[Just mythoughts]

I have always suspected there is a ‘dump’ figuratively wherein any and all leftist can tap in to get out the paid for story.

This particular word salad ignored that somebody other than President Trump, and/or any of his relatives, loaded up the boxes dumped out in a driveway.

These retards also ignore the so called ‘secret’ records that Brandon as Veep, and the want-a-be- nobody Pence, also as Veep took.

Somebody is paying them for their wordsmithing... Probably out of the bowels of the so called education agency..

[Just mythoughts]

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This just popped up on another Mother Jones story just posted on FR ... snicker...

[Albion Wilde]

I wonder if the person Trump appoints will remove the “Harmful Content” stickers from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/national-archives-us-constitution/