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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Naughtie

Trump White House documents including Kim Jong-un ‘love letters’ had to be retrieved from Mar-a-Lago

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As the committee investigating the 6 January riot combs through records from the Trump administration, it has emerged that the National Archives recently recovered multiple boxes of official paperwork that Donald Trump had transported to his residence at Mar-a-Lago – including “love letters” between the former president and North Korean despot Kim Jong-un.

According to a report from The Washington Post, the documents were recovered from his Florida encampment last month, raising further concerns about Mr Trump’s potential violation of the Presidential Records Act – legislation that requires administrations to preserve almost all documentation produced and circulated during a president’s time in office.

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