Posted on 04/10/2023 3:35:46 AM PDT by CFW
For months, the National Archives and Records Administration has insisted it had nothing to do with the federal criminal investigation into memos containing classified markings that were found at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate since it referred the matter to the FBI in February 2022.
"When NARA identified items marked as classified national security information within the 15 boxes, NARA referred this issue to the DOJ," acting Archivist Debra Wall wrote Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), now the House Intelligence Committee chairman, on Aug. 16. "Since that time, the DOJ has been exclusively responsible for all aspects of this investigation, and NARA has not been involved in the DOJ investigation or any searches that it has conducted."
The claim is important because it has been used by NARA as a reason why it doesn't have to answer any further questions from curious lawmakers. "Accordingly, NARA is unable to provide a briefing or any documents in response to your letter, and we refer you to the DOJ," Wall wrote last summer.
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I don’t understand this,can someone explain in plain English what happened here?
There are no coincidences
For instance, new internal messages between Archives staff show that a full week after Wall’s letter to Congress, a senior NARA official was still seeking data about the FBI probe.
“Need the case number for the FBI review,” NARA liaison to the Biden White House John Laster wrote in a text message dated Aug. 23 of last year.
“I think it’s LW 2022-070,” a colleague texted back. “This is the FBI review of the 15 boxes correct?”
“Correct,” Laster responded.
“I don’t understand this,can someone explain in plain English what happened here?”
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In a nutshell:
The National Archives and Records Administration has insisted it had nothing to do with the federal criminal investigation into Trump and classified documents. They say once they decided Trump had such documents, they referred the matter to the DOJ and had nothing further to do with the matter, and therefore have no need to answer any questions.
However, internal emails,texts, etc, show that they lied. They have been deeply involved in the matter, even after referring their info to the DOJ. They went so far as to communicate with the White House as the Biden administration requested information on the documents.
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I’m still wondering how NARA, led by an un-elected official, has so much power over documents and whether or not they are classified and who has authority over them. It has become a politicized position and a left-wing ideologue is currently in charge.
The acting director of the archives conspired with the Biden admin to concoct a specious charge against Trump. Then denied it. Not complicated.
Lousy/lazy excerpt.
Better to just go read the whole story (as I just did).
BTTT
[s/b "Ukraine explains why Dmitry Medvedev will disappear"
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