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ananda

(28,877 posts)
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 07:30 PM Mar 2017

Read: Oversight committee sends letter concerning trump's deleted tweets

Wow: Chaffetz and co. actually seem to care that all presidential records be archived.
Of course, this is just a letter. Will it be enforced?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-oversight-trump-deleted-tweets

Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Elijah Cummings (D-MD), chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter Wednesday to White House counsel Don McGahn expressing concern about the President's habit of tweeting and then deleting posts on his two different Twitter accounts, @realdonaldtrump and @POTUS.

The letter noted that because Trump is President, his words are part of presidential record, and that he could be in violation of the Presidential Records Act if he deletes a tweet before it can be archived.
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The letter also touches on reports that Trump staffers were using private email accounts and encryption apps to communicate about government business. The letter recommends that staffers receive training on proper digital security and asks the administration to follow up with policies and training tools they have implemented to keep data safe.

"Official business must be conducted in such a way as to preserve the official record of actions taken by the federal government and its employees,” the letter reads.

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