Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), National Security Archive and Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations filed a complaint in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday against President Donald Trump and the Executive Office of the President for violations of the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and the Federal Records Act (FRA).
The complaint alleges that Trump and his office have failed to comply with mandatory duties to create and maintain records related to meetings with foreign leaders; wrongly classified State Department interpreter notes as presidential records to keep them beyond the reach of the Freedom of Information Act; and failed to consult the Archivist of the United States regarding notice and disposal of presidential records.
