The State Department's inspector general provided Congress with a packet of dozens of pages of documents
The Trump administration agrees to preserve record of communications with foreign leadersThe Trump Administration agreed today in a court filing to preserve for now records of President Trump’s communications with foreign leaders, as requested by groups suing him and the White House, alleging such records have not been preserved as required by federal law.
The commitment applies to “all records reflecting Defendants' meetings, phone calls, and other communications with foreign leaders” as well as records of White House preservation and communication policies.
But Tuesday a request for a temporary restraining order was filed after the whistleblower complaint raised allegations of how the White House handles records of Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders.
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