"IBT" declare : House Oversight Committee questions White House about Trump's deleted tweets

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The US House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform is raising concerns about how the White House archives President Donald Trump's tweets from his personal account. Federal employees must also comply with a similar Act - the Federal Records Act - to preserve their communications. "President Trump uses at least two Twitter accounts: an official White House account (@POTUS) and an account that predated his inauguration (@realDonaldTrump). Given Trump's habit of deleting typo-filled tweets, the panel is questioning whether these posts have been properly archived in compliance with the Presidential Records Act. Many of the messages sent from these accounts are likely to be presidential records and therefore must be preserved," the letter reads.


as informed in ), said that many tweets coming from Trump's two Twitter accounts — his @POTUS presidential account and his personal @realDonaldTrump one — constitute communications that would have to be preserved under the 1978 Presidential Records Act. The leaders of the House Oversight Committee raised concerns about how President Donald Trump's use of Twitter complies with federal records laws, and they questioned government employees' use of encrypted messaging applications. In a letter to the White House, Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and the panel's top Democrat, Elijah Cummings (Md. Chaffetz and Cummings sent a similar letter on Wednesday to 55 federal agencies requesting information on policies and training procedures regarding the Federal Records Act. The lawmakers said that if Trump has deleted tweets that aren't archived then it could be a violation of the 1978 law.


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House Oversight Committee wants to know how the White House archives Trump's deleted tweets

The House Oversight Committee, the congressional committee responsible for investigating the executive branch, wants to understand how the White House is archiving President Donald Trump's tweets from his personal account. Chaffetz and Cumming have requested that the Trump Administration provide information about archiving the presidency by March 22. "Many of the messages sent from [President Trump's twitter] accounts are likely to be presidential records and therefore must be preserved. It has been reported, however, that President Trump has deleted tweets, and if those tweets were not archived it could pose a violation of the Presidential Records Act," the letter stated. House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) and Democrat Elijah Cummings (D., Maryland), addressed a letter to the White House and 55 federal agencies, asking how the Trump administration is complying with the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act.




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