The Nationwide Archives and Information Administration has requested the Justice Division to analyze former President Trump's dealing with of White Home data, CBS Information has realized.
A referral doesn't essentially imply that there will probably be an investigation, a supply conversant in inside deliberations stated. The supply stated referrals like these are customary process when there are doable prison violations. The Washington Put up was the primary to report the request.
The dealing with of White Home paperwork throughout the Trump administration has come underneath scrutiny not too long ago after the Nationwide Archives retrieved 15 packing containers of data from the previous president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
The Justice Division shouldn't be commenting on the matter, neither is the Nationwide Archives.
"We don't touch upon potential or ongoing investigations," a Nationwide Archives spokesperson stated.
In a press release, Trump acknowledged cooperation with the Nationwide Archives.
"Following collaborative and respectful discussions, the Nationwide Archives and Information Administration (NARA) organized for the transport of packing containers that contained Presidential Information in compliance with the Presidential Information Act," the previous president stated. "A lot of this materials will sometime be displayed within the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library for the general public to view my administration's unimaginable accomplishments for the American folks. The media's characterization of my relationship with NARA is Pretend Information. It was precisely the other! It was an excellent honor to work with NARA to assist formally protect the Trump Legacy."
— CBS Information' Zak Hudak contributed to this report