Jack Smith, special counsel: Opposed releasing files on the handling of Trump's documents case.
AP. Top Biden administration officials worked with the National Archives to develop Special Counsel Jack Smith's case against Donald Trump involving the former president's alleged mishandling of classified material, according to recently unsealed court documents in the case pending in southern Florida.
The court exhibits, which were compiled by Trump's defense lawyers and kept under seal until last week, also show that Deputy White House Counsel Jonathan Su regularly communicated with Archive officials.
The Trump case prompted revelations that both Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence had also retained classified documents - in Biden's case for decades, stretching back to his time in the Senate.
Stern did not specify the files the Archives wanted beyond "Original correspondence between President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jung-un" and "The letter that President Obama left for President Trump on his first day in office." An unsealed FBI report indicated the Archives also sought the so-called "Sharpiegate" map of Hurricane Dorian that the former president used during a 2018 televised briefing on the track of the storm.
By August 2021, Ferriero and Stern were in contact with DOJ officials and at least one White House attorney to develop what initially appeared to be a records destruction case against Trump.
The email chains do not reflect any mention of the January 6 Committee's demands; to the contrary, emails between the White House and Archives repeatedly reference the "Trump boxes."
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