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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

DOJ tells Trump he doesn’t have to follow law requiring him to turn over all presidential records

President Donald Trump does not have to turn over all his presidential records to the government after leaving office, the Department of Justice has concluded, after finding a landmark transparency law to be unconstitutional.

"Congress does not have the power to compel an entire branch of government to create and save every single possible piece of paper," a White House official told Axios.

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