{"id":30897,"date":"2026-04-03T23:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-admins-challenge-of-watergate-era-records-law-alarms-historians-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:56:21","slug":"trump-admins-challenge-of-watergate-era-records-law-alarms-historians-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-admins-challenge-of-watergate-era-records-law-alarms-historians-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump admin\u2019s challenge of Watergate-era records law alarms historians &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxPQUh0alVXdWhWUEpFLTRNeGRzanR3bWJkMDl3aUxDTEZYdVJsM3l0MnRSSzBfdjdKWjlVT3JaWVhZVjh1SkI5ckZSVjR4aW02dWtZWFZXd1luaDJ1NlBZSTNMTDRWUkJheEdESmpMQlYtYVlSUndPU1ZZS1NJV0RLYW0wY0x4dkF0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump admin\u2019s challenge of Watergate-era records law alarms historians<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPNU5jSTNBcWtodlBiQ3VDRE1VU2RfNk9UT1Q3ZlhUOTZrWE9qMmlyMXlYMTVvVGRuVG9sbVBCc0dkekw5X2hBa09mc1NXWWIxYkJzdFlUZ1hMT3l5N3NwSDFVcWw0Nl80Z3YyNm8tNjRwRjRJbEZ6bGdhTWNMNl9jZUVGWUtsRDg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s DOJ tells Trump he can hold onto government docs when he leaves office, contrary to Watergate-era law<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQRGNHTnA5TDJBUnh3Ujg2V1d3TUUwZG9aWTJQbWRUSFktZ1J0aHpEMzExRHVlZnpfOGtTd2hVeFBsMEpuVFBxLWxTVEtNVlhXNlRqSGZEOTFfVmNPazZ2eTd4Y1hTbzhkbHRxcklJczFUb2NUTGJ1OXFqb0lJVmJiN2hleW9GbGllZlFxLU5iN2Q3cUw1OV9ZbUQ1NA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Dept. says the Presidential Records Act is \u2018unconstitutional\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNeFEzeHVZTktPRlItSE12Nkl5VlNkT0FIMGlZb3hnaWVwUlVEd3hVc2RYaGRHbnFOYU5HanJ1SHJoVXNyZmEyNUdKNmNrMFhVYVNubzRLcXlob1ZHZ05MeE8yWGlwLVV0ZkM2MlZzejdZRTVFcXZnT3U4eU82cHJfNWI1dDBwOTFTM0NXV2Y4MXFLY1ox0gGaAUFVX3lxTE5HcG9hdnVQWC1qZDFaalltRlBSREhwRHUxWHNDcm5YOU5FSDBRdy0ycHNzNWgycVVTN0RNcWVFZFFHci1keGFRc0pYUjE0dzA5UnBiQWtRMDJ1UmNBdHRXcEMxN1RKTVdHa0hCMmVNZWtIU1AyMWpXMnpIalFianFrS1dNSUY3M3VYcGZPbGotQjZsZWpMd0RObGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Department says law requiring president to turn over records at end of administration is unconstitutional<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxNb3BTTmxPN1k5UVA0eWdNRk9DcTNmZmhMeVo4eVZCdk9oRklnNGUxeVphcV9Sa2lZR3Q3Uno4ckZUSVZOWDEyRnlCQ2dsMGlld2R0ZF9Zck9BTlJDVWdHYm8tNmxQM3JaOUJweTV5SmJvTEhUVXhCMWhOdFgwM2gyQmF6MUg3TllLd1hvUWZn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive: Trump&#8217;s DOJ says he&#8217;s not required to turn over official records<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">axios.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump admin\u2019s challenge of Watergate-era records law alarms historians&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Trump\u2019s DOJ tells Trump he can hold onto government docs when he leaves office, contrary to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-admins-challenge-of-watergate-era-records-law-alarms-historians-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}