Watchdog: Nat’l Archives withholding nearly all records from FBI Mar-a-Lago raid


The following is an excerpt from Just The News.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will release 65 pages of documents related to the FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s estate in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit from Judicial Watch, just a small percentage of the total trove it possesses, according to the watchdog group.

NARA reportedly maintains over 1,600 pages of documents in connection with the early August operation that has since erupted into a major legal battle and prompted a litany of whistleblower complaints against the bureau over its alleged political bias.

The federal agency on Oct. 3 released 11 pages of the 309 it found that included emails between NARA and Trump’s representatives, per Judicial Watch.

It further released 54 pages of the 1,303 it possessed containing emails between NARA and other entities regarding a specific set of documents. 

NARA cited a string of exceptions to FOIA law as justification for withholding the vast majority of the documents from the watchdog group.

“The National Archives pretends to be concerned to public access to public information while unlawfully ignoring FOIA law and using a myriad of excuses to hide records about its manufactured dispute over the Trump records.”

Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch President

Judicial Watch’s battle with NARA over the FOIA suit rages alongside Trump’s own fight with the DOJ over the agency’s review of the classified materials the FBI seized.

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3 thoughts on “Watchdog: Nat’l Archives withholding nearly all records from FBI Mar-a-Lago raid”

  1. Please keep covering this story. I think it is bigger than people realize. When Trump said he wanted to “Drain the Swamp”, I don’t think he truly understood the magnitude of the problem. It is only getting worse.

  2. Trump does understand how bad the problem is with these alphabet people….He’s been paying them off for the entirety of his career as a businessman, developer in every big city he has dealt with in this country. Please do not underestimate his abilities.
    Read and learn why he is the very, very best President we have ever elected in modern times. He knows a SWAMP person when SMELLS one
    A PROUD FAN OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, Jack Livingston.

  3. I wish more liberal people would visit Sharyl Attkisson’s site. When I talk to my liberal sisters about this FBI raid, they don’t believe me. At least Attkisson worked for CBS, which gives her some ‘merit’.

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