Yet, NARA immediately knew every declassified document President Trump took and claimed they were still classified?
Shouldn’t someone at NARA be held criminally negligent for know knowing the whereabouts of these documents?
Yet, NARA immediately knew every declassified document President Trump took and claimed they were still classified?
Shouldn’t someone at NARA be held criminally negligent for know knowing the whereabouts of these documents?
You’re right, I was assuming these documents were in their official folders. I didn’t consider the official folders were taken somewhere uncontrolled to be copied, then the official copies were returned.
You’re scenario is much worse, it shows an intent to illegally obtain and possess classified information. Possessing the originals could be passed off as a mistake made by a staffer in the waning days of the Obama Administration.