Trump dismisses head of the National Archives
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president Donald Trump A White House official said on Friday night. Last month he pledged To change the leadership on the top of the agency, which participated in the criminal case that accused Trump of controlling classified documents.
General Manager of White House workers Sergio Gore He said on x This national archives, Colin Shojan, were rejected on Friday night towards Trump.
“In the direction of @realdonaldtrum, the architectural specialist in the United States was rejected tonight. Gore” We thank Kulin Shojan for her service. “
Gore did not refer to the one who will take over the position of Shigan.
The national archives did not provide a response when asked about the dismissal of Shigan, instead, NBC news indicated the White House for comment. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A leaflet from the LinkedIn account apparently admitted to Shigan to finish.
“This evening, President Trump launched me. No reason or reason was martyred. It was an honor as an eleventh archive specialist of the United States. I have any regret on zero – I made my best every day to the national archives and the American people,” The post said.
“We will have a new archive specialist.”
The national archives played a major role in the criminal case against Trump, to alert the Ministry of Justice in the 2022 that Trump played It is likely that it will weaken the classified documents After the president failed to return the records requested by the agency, the presidents must do after leaving the office.
Shogan, who became the National Reserves in May 2023, was not leading the agency at the time of its participation in the case.
Trump finally returned some records, but he kept others, and the investigators said they A security video was obtained in July 2022, showing Trump’s assistants of the classified document boxes. The FBI later opened a criminal investigation in Trump, in search of his residence in Mar Lago and to find 11 additional sets of documents.
Trump, who was the first former president accused of federal crimes, acknowledged that he was not guilty of committing any violations.
The federal judge appointed from Trump Eileen Cannon to reject The case last year, under the pretext that the Advisor of the Ministry of Justice Jacques Smith was unconstitutional. Smith resumed the chapter, but he finished the case after Trump was elected last year due to the long -term practice of the Ministry of Justice for not being prosecuting the presidents.
Since he took office last month, the Trump administration has rejected a number of officials who participated in investigations against the president, Several job lawyers expelled the Ministry of Justice and VIP officials of the FBI. Two groups of FBI agents who participated in the investigations against him Filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice on TuesdayIt claimed a survey directed to fill their roles, which were instead used to determine the goals of the separation.