For the first two centuries of the nation's history, Presidential Records were considered the personal property of the president. Once he left office, Congress enacted the Presidential Records and Materials Preservation Act in 1974 following the Watergate scandal. Experts describe what amounts to a president sized hole in the White House system designed to protect secret records.
What do a Delaware garage and a Florida palace have in common? We dig into Joe Biden’s classified document mess.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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