White House staff blame former US President, Donald Trump for blocking a toilet with wads of printed paper. Here’s more about the event.
White House staff blame Trump for blocking the toilet
In her new book ‘Confidence Man’, Maggie Haberman blamed the former president for blocking a toilet with printed paper. Haberman is the White House correspondent for the New York Times. The copy was obtained by Axios before its publication in October. “The material in the toilet was found “ripped into pieces,” tweeted the author in response. Recently, several reports of the former president’s penchant for ripping up documents have come to light. Trump’s representatives did not respond to the issue immediately.
The White House January 6 committee is busy trying to get the former president to hand over documents from his final weeks in the office. Several records recovered by the committee were torn and taped back. However, the former president on Thursday denied that he tried to flush paper. He stated that Haberman’s story is “categorically untrue and simply made up”. Trump also added that it is a part of an elaborate Democratic scheme distracting from “how horribly our Country is doing under the Biden Administration”.
Archiving documents from the President’s office:
Moreover, as per procedure, documents from a president’s time in office have to undergo cataloging. They are then sent to the US National Archives for safekeeping. After all, it is a vital process for preserving and safekeeping documents in their best condition. Recently, the US National Archives also retrieved letters of correspondence between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader They are from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago during his time at the White House. According to reports, the National Archives also asked for a formal investigation if Trump broke a law by taking them. Additionally, as per Axios, he has also been telling the allies that he is keeping in touch with Kim. It is not a general practice as he is no longer the President.