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National Archives asks past presidents, VPs to look for classified items - The Washington Post

National Archives asks past presidents, VPs to look for classified items - The Washington Post

National Archives asks past presidents, VPs to look for classified items - The Washington Post
Jan 26, 2023 1 min, 8 secs

Comment on this storyThe National Archives sent a letter to representatives of living former presidents and vice presidents Thursday asking them to review their personal records to verify that no classified materials are outstanding, according to a person familiar with the correspondence who spoke on the condition of anonymity to detail private conversations.

The list of those contacted probably includes former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and former vice presidents Dick Cheney, Al Gore and Dan Quayle.

The request comes after a limited number of records bearing classified markings were found in recent weeks at President Biden’s home and a think tank bearing his name, as well as at the home of former vice president Mike Pence.

The search came after more than 200 classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago had been turned over to the Archives and the Justice Department.

An adviser to Obama’s office, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record, told The Post on Tuesday that all classified records from Obama’s time in the White House had been submitted to the National Archives upon his leaving office and that the agency continues to assume physical and legal custody of Obama’s materials.

Documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

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