Shutterbug1697 Loc: Northeast

Trump-era White House staffers frequently put documents in "burn bags," per The Washington Post.

Regular "burn runs" would see these bags taken to the Pentagon for incineration, The Post said.

It was up to the staffers to decide which documents to preserve and which to destroy, the media outlet reported.

It has been widely reported that former President Donald Trump had a penchant for tearing apart p**********l documents, but new details have emerged about how his aides disposed of potentially important papers.

According to The Washington Post, staffers frequently put documents into "burn bags" to be incinerated at the Pentagon.

Burn bags resemble paper grocery bags and are widely available throughout the White House complex. Organizations dealing with top-secret information, like the CIA and NSA, often use them because destruction via burn bags is considered superior to shredding.

There are two types of "burn bags," one for classified and the other for unclassified material, but both are ultimately destroyed, per The Post.

The media outlet reported that, in Trump's White House, there were regular "burn runs" in which the classified bags were t***sported to the Pentagon for incineration.

A senior Trump White House official told The Post that he and other staffers regularly put documents into "burn bags" to be incinerated, and, he said, it was up to them which would be destroyed.

Meanwhile, records personnel would attempt to manage the volume of torn documents being consigned to burn bags. They would tip the contents onto a table to puzzle out which documents needed to be taped back together and preserved, a former official told The Washington Post.

Problems with record preservation in the Trump administration are well-documented. Insider reported that the House select committee investigating the J****** 6 attack received Trump-era White House documents that had been torn up and taped back together by staff assigned to jigsaw them back together.

Historians raised concerns during his tenure that his p**********l records would be poorly preserved or destroyed entirely – potentially violating the P**********l Records Act.

"The biggest takeaway I have from that behavior is it reflects a conviction that he was above the law," said p**********l historian Lindsay Chervinsky, told The Washington Post. "He did not see himself bound by those things."


Joshua Zitser
Sun, February 6, 2022, 6:28 AM

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-white-house-staffers-frequently-112833336.html

With this revelation, what was trump trying to hide?

Or maybe the question should be what were the trump White House Staff trying to hide?

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

And how much did Clinton, Bush and obummer do this?
Obviously it is a regular thing to do and raises no concerns when going on.
Give us historical relevance as to the practice or it is just another moronic lib TDS post.

Shutterbug1697 Loc: Northeast

The big question is what documents the trump White House staffers chose to put into those burn bags which shouldn't have been?

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

The bigger question is what was in the obummer and Clinton burn bags?
For Trump, if there had been anything, it would have been leaked like everything else.
So there was NOTHING even remotely incriminating or the pukes burning it would have pulled it.
Tell me. What was the exact conversation between Biden and the leader of Ukraine? Not a word.
But with Trump the pukes leaked it in real time.
What about the meeting with Biden and Putin? Not a word.
With Trump it was leaked in real time.
Notice a pattern.

Burn bags had nothing at all in them.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

Goodness, do you have possession of a bottomless conspiracy quiver at arms reach? You really need to seek professional help and soon.

steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA

Are you f'ing serious? Yeah, they burned empty bags.

Is your head buried in your butt, or Donald's?

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

I think he meant to say that nothing incriminating we're in the bags that the other member suggested there might be.

steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA

Can you recall any controversy regarding any past president- Democrat or Republican- destroying archivable documents (other than Nixon)?

Anyone who minimizes this act probably also believes that J****** 6 was legitimate political discourse.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

You made 3 false assumptions/assertions, you are assuming Trump or anyone in his admin was destroying incriminating evidence, no proof of that occurred. You are also assuming the Trump admin was the only admin that used burn bags to destroy documents, ALL past Admins did that and is common. You are also repeating the same false assertion that the RNC labeled the J** *6 r**ts as "legitimate political discourse", that is a Lefty BS lie. The RNC was referring to the J** *6 protests NOT the r**ts as "legitimate political discourse". I'm most certain you will continue to repeat and defend that Lefty lie.

Triple G

You still haven’t provided the name of anyone who agrees with your misinterpretation; you’re still all by your lonesome and spinning. Many republicans such as McMaster and Hawley are condemning what the RNC stated in their censure, you can too!

steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA

Obviously, prior admins destroyed documents, otherwise why would the term 'burn bags' be in existence. But certain documents are permanently kept. Destroying the documents in question was criminal, whether or not they contained incriminating evidence.

Exerpt from:
https://www.justsecurity.org/73265/destroying-federal-documents-during-a-p**********l-t***sition-is-a-federal-crime/

"P**********l records and federal records belong to the United States government. Only personal records can be taken and retained after leaving government service. Under the P**********l Records Act (PRA), these are (1) materials relating exclusively to the President’s own e******n and to the e******n of a particular individual or individuals to federal, state, or local office that “have no relation to or direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President;” and (2) materials relating to private political associations. 44 U.S.C. §2201."

As for your differentiation between the protests and the r**ts, the latter was a continuance of the former, with one notable desertion, ironically the one who called all the others to arms.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

Still making the assumption that Trump or his administration had destroyed incriminating evidence against him or his administration.

Triple G

It doesn’t have to be incriminating for it to still be an illegal act; that’s what’s being discussed. Any official document which is not strictly personal that is destroyed constitutes violation of the law.

steve_stoneblossom Loc: Rhode Island, USA

I'm saying it doesn't matter what he destroyed. He's not supposed to destroy ANYTHING. It belonged to me and you, not him.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

Once again you are still making assumption that Trump or his administration destroyed any documents that were illegal to destroy. Every Administration uses this tactic just ask the Trump Administration does. Why aren't you questioning other administrations? Again you guys ain't got jack s***.