The Biden administration is allegedly illegally concealing records on the unprecedented FBI raid on the home of former President Donald Trump, which comes as Trump leads President Joe Biden in polls ahead of a possible 2024 re-election contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced that, as of March 31, the National Archives has released only 1,276 pages of over 8,000 records on the federal government investigations of allegations Trump illegally retained and handled classified documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Biden administration\u2019s National Archives is hiding almost every record it has about its manufactured records dispute with President Trump,\u201d said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The released records were secured after Judicial Watch filed an August 2022 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, after the National Archives and Records Administration allegedly unlawfully failed to respond to a February 2022 FOIA request for: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cAll records regarding the referral from NARA to the Department of Justice regarding the records management procedures of former President Donald Trump.\u00a0 This request includes all related records of communication between any official or employee of NARA and any official or employee of the Department of Justice and\/or any other branch, department, agency, or office of the federal government.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll records regarding the retrieval of records from President Trump or any individual or entity acting on his behalf by the National Archives and Records Administration. This request includes related records of communication between any official or employee of NARA and President Trump and\/or any individual or entity acting on his behalf.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Judicial Watch claims the released records confirm how \u201cthe Biden White House was directly involved in the dispute by initiating \u2018special access request\u2019 that advanced an FBI investigation of Trump\u2019s records.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Judicial Watch, Gary Stern, general counsel for the National Archives wrote to his colleagues on August 23, 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nAnd, this evening the Post just published a new story detailing an April 12, email that I sent to the Trump reps concerning the DOJ special access request for the 15 Trump boxes, along with many other details concerning the DOJ request and the overall issue. [Redacted]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn April 12, an Archives official emailed Philbin [former White House deputy counsel Pat Philbin] and John Eisenberg, another former deputy White House counsel, to tell them the Justice Department, via the Biden White House, had made the request. The email offered the lawyers the opportunity to view the documents as well, but said the documents were too sensitive to be removed from the agency\u2019s secure facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Conservatives expect further releases of documents will show how the investigation and the current Justice Department criminal investigation are driven by concerns Trump will defeat Biden, and do not show any criminal intent or offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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