Trump Library Says It Could Not Locate Trump Twitter DMs
The library’s no-records reply conflicts with court evidence showing Twitter turned over at least 32 messages from Trump’s account.
- The Trump Presidential Library stated it cannot find any Twitter direct messages sent or received by Donald Trump during his first term, issuing a official "no-records" response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Washington Post.
- The revelation contradicts clear evidence that such messages existed, notably from 2023 court filings showing that Twitter turned over at least 32 DMs from the @realDonaldTrump account to Special Counsel Jack Smith during his January 6 investigation.
- The National Archives confirmed that the first Trump administration explicitly opted out of preserving DMs, bypassing software contracted in January 2021 through ArchiveSocial that was specifically intended to capture and archive official White House social media activity.
- The omission raises significant legal questions regarding compliance with the Presidential Records Act, which mandates that departing administrations preserve and turn over all records relating to official, constitutional, or ceremonial duties, explicitly including electronic communications.
- The news organization has formally appealed the library's response, demanding a more comprehensive search for the missing records as the current Trump administration simultaneously argues that it shouldn't be rigidly bound by the decades-old archival law.
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Trump library claims it doesn’t have records of the President’s Twitter DMs.
The library, tasked with preserving White House records, told The Washington Post it didn’t have responsive records to its Freedom of Information Request, despite evidence cited in legal filings of his DMs. Failing to preserve Trump’s messages while in office could violate the Presidential Records Act, according to The Post. [Link: Trump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent them | https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve…
Trump library claims it can’t find his social media DMs despite evidence they exist
President Donald Trump's library can't find the direct messages that he sent on Twitter/X, and it's proving to be yet another document problem for the GOP leader. In 2020, upon leaving the White House, Trump took dozens of boxes that included classified information and refused to return them to the National Archives. The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978 mandated that all documents created or received by the president or vice president are …
Trump's own library says his DMs don't exist. A federal court disagrees.
The newly operational Trump Presidential Library claims it cannot turn up a single Twitter direct message sent by Donald Trump during his first term in office — a striking claim given that court records confirm such messages exist.In response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Wash...
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