Letters
Interior Department failed to report destroyed federal records
NARA should take action to recover all federal records from former Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s government-issued phones.
Legal Complaints
DOJ should investigate former Trump officials for violating ethics law
Rather than focusing only on a critic of Trump, the DOJ should investigate multiple former Trump officials for potentially violating the law.
Legal Complaints
CREW sends complaint on CDC records destruction
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield appears to have violated the Federal Records Act.
Testimony
Donald Sherman testifies on GSA failures during presidential transition
The administration and GSA Administrator Murphy failed to facilitate a smooth transition. Congress should ensure that never happens again.
Lawsuits
Groups sue Trump and White House to stop destruction of administration records
As President Trump’s term ends, we face an increasing risk that historically valuable records of his presidency will be permanently lost.
Letters
Trump staff must preserve presidential records
CREW wrote a letter to the White House Counsel urging him to warn Trump officials to keep presidential records or face criminal penalty.
Lawsuits
CREW, NIPNLG and Project South sue ICE over forced sterilization records
ICE needs to answer for their failure to reveal records on their gross human rights abuses, this time in the form of forced sterilizations.
Letters
Jared Kushner warned to preserve government records
CREW sent a letter to Kushner warning that his use of non-secure, non-official messaging apps to discuss official government business could violate the law.
Letters
Twitter must preserve Trump administration officials’ tweets
Twitter must ensure that any tweets or direct messages sent or received by officials in the Trump administration are properly archived, CREW said in a letter to Jack Dorsey.
Legal Complaints
CREW Complaint: Peter Navarro may have violated Presidential Records Act
Peter Navarro may have violated a key federal record-keeping law by deleting the Twitter account he used for official government business.
Letters
NARA must reject CBP’s plan to destroy civil rights abuse records
NARA should reject CBP's schedule to destroy civil rights complaints based on CBP’s disturbing record of abuse and misconduct.
Lawsuits
CREW sues DOJ and DHS for anti-racism protest records
What power does the secretive DHS have and are federal agents policing anti-racism protests violating peoples’ constitutional rights?