The National Archives painted a dire picture for the future of America’s historical records, according to documents FOIA Files obtained. The agency, which sparked one of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigations against President-elect Donald Trump,

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump is promising to replace the head of the National Archives , thrusting the agency back into the political spotlight after his mishandling of sensitive documents led to a federal indictment. “We will have a new archivist,” Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday.

Jay Bratt left the Justice Department on Friday, and Trump said Monday that he would replace national archivist Colleen Shogan.

The U.S. Constitution specifies not only the date of presidential inaugurations, but the exact time the transition of power is official.

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If we can’t count on this country’s vaunted checks and balances to either check or balance the power of an absurdist president, where else can we look?

The administration has promised a new, more secure protocol to review and separate out classified information.

If not for the 20th Amendment, President-elect Donald Trump wouldn't be sworn in until March.

Presidents are legally required to provide most of their records to the National Archives once they leave office. When the National Archives realized that some documents were missing from its collection after Trump left office, they made repeated demands for him to return them, according to the federal indictment.