The move to erase U.S. history - The Iola Register

The move to erase U.S. history - The Iola Register

I know the Presidential Records Act well. Now the Trump administration is calling it unconstitutional. I was the general counsel of the National Archives for 26 years. My main job, until I retired last year, was to implement and enforce the Presidential Records Act.  The act requires that the president maintain records of his administration and, at the end of his term, turn them over to the National Archives. Since it went into effect in 1981, t…