The National Archives had alerted former president Donald Trump's lawyers in May last year that some of his self-described love letters with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were missing.
What Happened: The National Archives and Records Administration spokesman Gary Stern wrote to Trump s former White House lawyers, Patrick Philbin, Mike Purpura and Scott Gast on May 6, 2021, alerting them that the letters that the former president exchanged with Barack Obama were missing, according to new correspondence released by the Archives on Monday.
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The archives general counsel asked Trump's lawyers to make sure all presidential records are received as required under the law.
Roughly two dozen boxes of original presidential records were kept in the White House over the course of President Trump's tenure and have not been transferred to NARA despite a determination by Pat Cipollone in the final days of the Administration that they need to be, Stern said. I had raised this concern with Scott during the final weeks. See also: Putin's forces shot Ukrainians, Waterboarded and Electrocuted At 10 Torture Sites In Izium: AP Investigation
The Archives shared details of how the records team collaborated with the former president's team for months before he handed over 15 boxes of materials in January that were held at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Meanwhile, the letters exchanged between Trump and Kim revealed that the North Korean leader expressed his willingness to discuss his country's denuclearization with the former president while sidelining South Korean president Moon Jae In.