Posted on 05/09/2025 6:13:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The documents requested by Johnson and Grassley should provide the necessary transparency to understand which players at NARA were involved.
ens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have launched an inquiry into the National Archives and Records Administration (“NARA”) after documents provided by a whistleblower revealed the archives’ role in the criminal targeting of Trump in the alternative electors case. This recent revelation means NARA stood at ground-zero for both of the special counsel’s criminal cases, with NARA also behind the classified document investigation.
On Monday, Johnson and Grassley issued a press release announcing the opening of an inquiry into NARA and its inspector general, to probe the propriety of their involvement in the classified document and alternative electors criminal investigations of Donald Trump. The press release also noted Johnson, the Chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Grassley, the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, were seeking “all NARA records, including the NARA Office of Inspector General, referring, or relating to the Arctic Frost and the classified document investigation.”
The FBI officially opened an investigation into the naming of alternative electors by various battleground state Republicans on April 13, 2022, dubbing the probe Arctic Frost. Since January 2025, Grassley and Johnson have been releasing various whistleblower records revealing coordination between the DOJ, FBI, and Biden White House to charge the former president in the trumped-up alternative electors case.
The Republican senators also exposed the role the anti-Trump former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault played in prompting the launch of the criminal investigation. But Monday’s press release now suggests a new character in the get-Trump scheme: NARA.
While the press release made scant mention of the reason underlying the chairs’ decision to open an inquiry into both NARA and its inspector general, the senators’ announcement included links to five previous oversight statements and related documents.
Of particular import, the draft Electronic Communication proposing the opening of Arctic Frost, dated March 22, 2022, noted that “[p]rior to the FBI’s involvement in the case, agents from the United States Postal Inspector’s Service and the Investigative Unit of the Office of the Inspector General for the National Archives had both opened investigations related to this matter and were coordinating with the USAODC.”
So, even before Thibault — the virulently anti-Trump FBI agent — became involved in investigating the alternative electors, NARA’s Office of the Inspector General had opened an investigation into the matter, working with the D.C. U.S. Attorney.
Yet, NARA’s interest in the investigation proves tangential at best, with the EC noting that “NARA, on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, coordinates certain Electoral College functions between the States and Congress.” “Acting as an intermediary,” the EC continued, “NARA reviews ‘Certificates of Ascertainment and Vote’ before Congress accepts them as evidence of official State action in preparation for the counting of electoral votes in Congress.”
Also, by statute, state electors must certify the electors and “dispose” of them by sending them by registered mail “to the President of the Senate at the seat of government,” the “secretary of state of the State,” and to the “Archivist of the United States at the seat of government.” Accordingly, NARA received the alternative elector certificates from Republicans in five states, where litigation over election disputes remained pending....SNIP
Gitmo
No, unless the leak is that Bondi is studying the Biden Doctrine, that no article of the Constitution is absolute, and is drafting Bill’s of Attaider for everyone pardoned by “biden.” (Bills of attaider and ex post facto laws being OK under the Biden Doctrine.)
The left needs to be confronted with the consequences of what it says.
Yep, NARA played it cute and fast and loose with Trump. Make their lives hell.
Pod People! Don’t fall asleep.
If laws were broken and the ones who did this do not go to jail this Admin has failed. Enforcing the law is not revenge. If some commie trash TWOT claims this tellhim to pi$$ off.
Bkmk
David S. Ferriero ’74MS (born 1949) is a librarian who served as the 10th Archivist of the United States from 2009 to 2022, first appointed by President Barack Obama. In this position, Ferriero oversaw the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), safeguarding and enabling access to governmental records and historical materials, including the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
Previously, Ferriero served as the Director of the New York Public Library and the University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke University. He also served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and became a Navy hospital corpsman on the hospital ship, the USS Sanctuary. Following his military service, Ferriero obtained a Master’s in Library Science from Simmons.
In an interview with National Archives News, Ferriero reflected on his proudest professional achievements: “We were fortunate that President Obama, in his Open Government Initiative, recognized the importance of good record keeping for open government and transparency. . . . [President Obama also realized that we need to involve the American public in our work]. That resulted in the Citizen Archivist program, where we’re having people transcribe records. We’ve got people all over the world who are helping us transcribe records, tagging records. . . . [And] it’s become a model for other institutions; the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, lots of libraries around the country are providing those kinds of tagging opportunities to involve the public in their work.”
Attainder. Bills of attainder.
Dang that Spell Correct
As a general rule, professional “librarians” are the most extreme and ideologic Leftists around.
Trump won. And they can’t stand it.
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