Trump s habit of tearing up papers could leave a hole in history as White House records may never be complete, worried experts say Sophia Ankel President Donald Trump holds piece of paper saying its his deal with Mexico as he speaks with reporters at the White House, in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2019. Several historians are voicing concern about collecting Trump s White House records because of the administration s bad track record of preserving documents. The president is also known to have a tendency of ripping up documents before throwing them away, previously forcing aides to spend hours taping documents back together.
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Lartey said the White House chief of staff’s office told the president that the documents were considered presidential records and needed to be preserved by law. About 10 records staff ended up on Scotch tape duty, starting with Trump’s first days in the White House through at least mid-2018.
The president also confiscated an interpreter’s notes after speaking with Vladimir Putin – a conversation where topics were suspected to have included Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Trump scolded his White House counsel for taking notes at a meeting during the Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. Top executive branch officials had to be reminded not to conduct official business on private email or text messaging systems, and to preserve it if they did.
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