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Trump fires National Archives chief

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Colleen Shogan , 49 , was not the archivist at the time the agency was attempting to retrieve boxes of presidential records from Trump ’s Mar-a-Lago home in 2021 and 2022 .

Trump has viewed NARA with suspicion since the investigation and prosecution of him over a slew of classified documents kept at his Florida home following his first term.

A former director of litigation at the Archives , Jason R. Baron , said he was troubled by the ouster.

Shogan said the man “intentionally and willfully assaulted our shared past,” describing the attack as “an emotional buzzsaw” for NARA staffers, who she said view their job as to “preserve, protect and share the cultural record of the United States .” Trump said in a radio interview prior to his inauguration last month that he planned to dismiss Shogan ..

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English

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