Historians Sue to Force Trump Administration to Preserve Records
- Earlier similar suit was dismissed by Washington federal judge
- New case takes aim at Jared Kushner’s WhatsApp screenshots
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Historians and watchdog groups sued the Trump administration again over its alleged failure to preserve White House records.
“With President Trump’s term in office soon coming to an end,” the White House’s flouting of record-keeping requirements could deprive historians and the public “of records documenting a critical part of our nation’s history,” the groups said in a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington.