A federal judge on May 20 ordered Trump administration officials to comply with a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records.
Washington-based U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled that a legal opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) within the Department of Justice (DOJ) that stated that the law was unconstitutional was likely invalid.
The plaintiffs showed that there was a “substantial risk” that the Trump administration was not fully complying with the Presidential Records Act of 1978, the judge said.
The judge said the federal government “suffers only minimal (if any) harm from complying” with the act. “It has complied with the Act without complaint for almost 50 years, including during the first Trump administration and the first year of the current one.”…
Federal Judge Orders White House to Comply With Presidential Records Act
