President Trump has appointed Jim Byron, president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, to the role of senior archivist at the National Archives and the Bureau of Records (NARA).
In a Sunday post The true societyTrump said he is pleased to announce that Byron will serve as a senior adviser to “Secretary of State Marco Rubio, our acting archivist.”
“Jim manages the National Archives on a daily basis and continues searching for full-time archivists,” Trump posted. “Jim has worked with the National Archives for many years and understands the great responsibility and duties needed to maintain the history of our great nation.”
Shortly before taking office, Trump said he would replace Nara's leader. According to federal law, the president has the power to fire archivists, but must inform Congress of the reasons for the removal.
Last week, Trump rejected the archivist of the US Colleen Shogan, the first woman to lead Nala.
At the beginning of Sunday, it was reported by Washington Post The resignation of several senior staff members, acting archivists and Nara. It's the latest agency shakeup as Trump is about to restructure the federal government and its spending.
Acting archivist William Bossanko and agency inspector Brett Baker have decided to retire after Trump's team revealed that the leadership team will win an overhaul, the Post reported. .
The outlet said Nara oversees the country's important founding documents and oversees the presidential library. Prove constitutional amendments and preservation of presidential records.
Byron has worked with the Trump administration on archive issues.
After his first appointment as Justice Department, the president has a tumultuous relationship with the National Archives after asking him to look into 15 boxes of classification documents at Trump's Mar-a-Lago real estate.
