President-elect Trump announced Monday that he will replace the director of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
“we will [have a] A new archivist,” Trump said on conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt's show.
According to federal law NARA's website states that President Trump has the authority to fire archivists, but must “communicate to each Congress the reasons for such termination.”
One of the high-profile legal cases the president-elect has had to deal with in the past two years, the Mar-a-Lago Documents case involves the preservation of classified documents from the first president's era in the face of NARA and government activity. The focus is on what was happening. Let the FBI get them back.
Special Counsel Jack Smith formally withdrew from the documents case last week and referred continued prosecution of the president-elect's two co-defendants to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. Smith also formally dropped charges in both federal cases brought against Trump two months ago and dismissed them without prejudice, citing Justice Department policy barring prosecution of sitting presidents.
“There were some very good and fair judges in this case,” Trump told Hewitt on Monday, referring to U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon, who ruled in July to dismiss the documents lawsuit.
“And you know, we won that case…We won convincingly,” the president-elect added.
Current U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan is in that role. From May 2023 onwards. While she was still a candidate, she was criticized for past posts on social platform X, including posts going after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and supporting mask mandates for young people. He faced a challenge from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri). children.
“Dr. Shogan has developed a strong working relationship with President Trump and his team, and we look forward to continuing our relationship with the new administration,” the National Archives and Media Communications said in a statement Sunday. – said in an emailed statement to Hill.
