Musk, Bankers, Iran: Inside Obama’s Presidential Library
A condolence letter to the parents of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich, photos with bank executives, and a video tour of SpaceX. These are some of the records released by the Obama Library since the former president’s records became subject to the FOIA.
President Barack Obama holds a meeting with bank executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Dec. 14, 2009.
Source: Barack Obama Presidential Library.
Hi, FOIA Files readers! I’m taking you on a field trip this week. We’ll head over to the Barack Obama Presidential Library, to browse through a cache of little known documents, photographs and videos that have quietly been released over the past two years. If you’re not already getting FOIA Files in your inbox, sign up here.
On Jan. 20, 2022, Obama’s presidential records, as well as Joe Biden’s vice presidential archive, became subject to the Freedom of Information Act. By law, presidential records are walled off from the FOIA until five years after a president leaves.