Trump improperly took away classified material, National Archives says
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#5W9TX)
Archives says it has alerted Department of Justice about former president's removal of files from White House
The US National Archives confirmed on Friday that officials found classified materials in boxes of documents Donald Trump improperly removed from the White House - and that they had alerted the Department of Justice (DoJ).
The disclosure is expected to escalate an investigation by the House oversight committee into whether Trump violated the Presidential Records Act of 1978 by removing and destroying White House documents.
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