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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Trump improperly took away classified material, National Archives says

White House staff members carry boxes to Marine One before President Donald Trump leaves the White House on 20 January 2021.
White House staff members carry boxes to Marine One before President Donald Trump leaves the White House on 20 January 2021. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

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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