The law allows for presidential items to remain out of the public eye for up to 12 years. And as far as the claim about 33 million pages of presidential documents, Obama again complied with the law...
Former President Donald Trump lashed out at his predecessor in a statement Friday, accusing former President Barack Obama of keeping “many” classified documents after he left the White House in 2017.
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In a statement Friday, the National Archives disputed Mr. Trump’s claim, saying they assumed legal and physical custody of Mr. Obama’s records in compliance with the Presidential Records Act. The 1978 law requires presidents and their staff to turn over all documents, including confidential materials, to the National Archives at the end of their presidency.
“NARA moved approximately 30 million pages of unclassified records to a NARA facility in the Chicago area where they are maintained exclusively by NARA,” the agency said in a statement.
“Additionally, NARA maintains the classified Obama Presidential records in a NARA facility in the Washington, DC, area. As required by the PRA, former President Obama has no control over where and how NARA stores the Presidential records of his Administration,” the statement continued.