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Hugo Lowell

US National Archives asks ex-presidents to check for classified papers

Pages from a FBI property list of items seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022.
Pages from a FBI property list of items seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022. Photograph: Jon Elswick/AP

The US National Archives has asked representatives for former presidents and vice-presidents on Thursday to review their personal records for any classified-marked documents in their possession after a series of such discoveries at the homes of Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Mike Pence.

The archives sent letters to the presidents and vice-presidents in the previous six administrations that are covered under the Presidential Records Act, which requires materials from their time in the White House to be turned over to the agency when they leave office.

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