{"id":1727263,"date":"2022-11-05T07:40:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T11:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1727263"},"modified":"2022-11-07T03:51:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T08:51:16","slug":"watchdog-says-biden-admin-violated-presidential-records-act-by-deleting-fact-checked-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-says-biden-admin-violated-presidential-records-act-by-deleting-fact-checked-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog Says Biden Admin Violated Presidential Records Act by Deleting Fact Checked Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatchdog-says-biden-admin-violated-presidential-records-act-by-deleting-fact-checked-tweet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1727263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A watchdog group is calling for a federal investigation into<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/02\/republicans-fact-check-white-house-on-cause-of-inflation\/\"> a tweet that the White House deleted<\/a> this week, arguing that the Biden administration may have violated the Presidential Records Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Protect the Public\u2019s Trust, a nonpartisan organization, argued there are \u201cserious questions\u201d over whether presidential record-keeping protocols were properly followed before the White House on Wednesday deleted the widely mocked tweet taking credit for a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/13\/social-security-gets-8-7-increase-highest-since-1981\/\">boost in retirees\u2019 Social Security checks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Nov. 1 tweet is \u201calmost certainly a record that belongs to the public and subject to the Act\u2019s destruction protocol,\u201d the group wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/protectpublicstrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Biden-Social-Security-Tweet-Presidential-Record.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> sent to the heads of the National Archives and Records Administration and the Office of Government Ethics on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutside of the unprecedented reliance on the Act to support a subpoena to search the home of a former U.S. President, the Act and its enforcement have historically received little attention,\u201d\u00a0wrote Michael Chamberlain, director of Protect the Public\u2019s Trust, referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/02\/detailed-inventory-of-trump-mar-a-lago-fbi-raid-released\/\">the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> Mar-a-Lago estate to search for presidential records.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, now that strict enforcement of the Act appears to be a high priority for the Archivist of the United States, and by extension the Department of Justice, we would like to bring to your attention a matter of serious concern as it applies to preserving the historical record of President Joseph Biden,\u201d Chamberlain adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-502.jpg\" alt=\"In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury&#039;s Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia.\" class=\"wp-image-24538659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-502.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-502.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-502.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The Biden administration deleted a tweet taking credit for a boost in retirees\u2019 Social Security checks.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Bradley C. Bower, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-504.jpg\" alt=\"The north face of the Archives of the United States is seen in this general view. Monday, March 11, 2019, in Washington D.C.\" class=\"wp-image-24538667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-504.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-504.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/deleted-tweet-trouble-504.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The White House may have violated the Presidential Records Act.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Mark Tenally<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Biden administration deleted the tweet after social media users pointed out the increase Social Security benefits was tied <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/13\/inflation-hits-8-2-in-september-as-core-prices-surge\/\">to decades-high inflation<\/a>.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden\u2019s leadership,\u201d read the tweet from the official White House account.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter appended a note to the tweet, clarifying that \u200b\u200b\u201dSeniors will receive a large Social Security benefit increase due to the annual cost of living adjustment, which is based on the inflation rate,\u201d and the social media company added a link to the Social Security Administration\u2019s website for further explanation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Presidential Records Act, a commander-in-chief can only dispose of White House records \u201conce the views of the Archivist of the United States on the proposed disposal have been obtained in writing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Protect the Public\u2019s Trust argues that the White House\u2019s explanation for deleting the tweet, claiming that it was \u201cnot complete\u201d and missing \u201ccontext,\u201d leaves \u201cserious questions whether it was deleted to save the Administration embarrassment or avoid criticism and whether the proper protocols were followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday said about the incident: \u201cThe tweet was not complete. Usually when we put out a tweet we post it with context, and it did not have that context.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A watchdog group is calling for a federal investigation into a tweet that the White House deleted this week, arguing that the Biden administration may have violated the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1727266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1727263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1727266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}