Donald Trump faces further legal scrutiny after the National Archives found a trove of records proving the ex-President knew he was breaking rules by taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago, an explosive new report has found.
The National Archives sent a letter, obtained by CNN, to Mr Trump this week revealing it had found 16 records showing he and his top advisers were aware of the correct declassification process when he was President.
“The 16 records in question all reflect communications involving close presidential advisers, some of them directed to you personally, concerning whether, why, and how you should declassify certain classified records,” wrote archivist Debra Steidel Wall.
The evidence undercut’s Trump’s claim that the documents he took were automatically declassified.
Trump and his allies have consistently made the case that as President, Trump did not have to follow a specific process to declassify documents.
