{"id":2223738,"date":"2024-04-17T21:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T01:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-sued-over-email-deletions-in-case-concerning-trump-and-his-documents-trial\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T21:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T01:38:48","slug":"biden-administration-sued-over-email-deletions-in-case-concerning-trump-and-his-documents-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-sued-over-email-deletions-in-case-concerning-trump-and-his-documents-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit filed against Biden administration over deleted emails in Trump document trial"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-administration-sued-over-email-deletions-in-case-concerning-trump-and-his-documents-trial%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=2223738&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--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cussin-cheerleaders-supreme-court-case-could-pose-challenge-for-woke-schools\/\" title=\"Cussin\u2019 Cheerleader\u2019s Supreme Court Case Could Pose Challenge for Woke Schools\">conservative legal group<\/a>, America First Legal, has\u200d filed a lawsuit\u200d against the Biden administration for allegedly deleting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal employees<\/a>&#8216; emails unlawfully. Led by former Trump adviser \u2064Stephen Miller,\u2062 the\u2064 suit targets Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra,\u200d Archivist\u2064 Colleen Shogan, and the National Archives \u200dfor\u200d purportedly destroying CDC records against\u2062 the Federal Records\u2064 Act. Your rewritten content succinctly conveys the key\u200b information about the lawsuit filed by\u2064 America First\u200d Legal against the Biden administration regarding the\u2063 deletion of\u200d federal employees&#8217; emails. It effectively \u2063highlights\u200c the\u2062 involvement of key\u2062 figures like Stephen Miller and \u2064the \u2062specific government entities being\u2064 targeted in the lawsuit. The mention of\u200c the alleged violation of the Federal Records Act adds\u2063 depth to the summary, providing \u2062crucial context for readers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-group-files-complaint-after-judge-gives-media-interview-on-trump-gag-order-highly-inappropriate\/\" title=\"Conservative group lodges complaint over judge's media interview on Trump gag order, deeming it \"highly inappropriate.\">conservative legal group filed<\/a> a lawsuit against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden administration\">Biden administration<\/a>, alleging it illegally deleted the emails of federal employees in violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waffle-arizona-house-speaker-claims-they-cant-enforce-constitution-wont-commit-to-calling-legislative-hearing\/\" title=\"WAFFLE: Arizona House Speaker Claims They Can\u2019t Enforce Constitution, Won\u2019t Commit To Calling Legislative Hearing\">federal law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>America First Legal, led by former senior Trump adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stephen-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Stephen Miller\">Stephen Miller<\/a>, is suing Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan, and the National Archives and Records Administration. The lawsuit, shared on Wednesday, alleges that the agencies illegally destroyed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-taxpayer-funded-university-helped-china-make-economic-decisions\/\" title=\"Report: Taxpayer-Funded University Helped China Make \u2018Economic Decisions\u2019\">federal records<\/a> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in violation of the Federal Records Act.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra attends a hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf the National Archives decides not to use the legal authorities it has regarding federal records, it certainly shouldn\u2019t make up legal authority that it doesn\u2019t have when it comes to presidential records,\u201d America First Legal Vice President Dan Epstein <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-lawsuit-deleting-emails-case-ramifications-trump?intcmp=tw_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect our government to act in a transparent and accountable way and exercise equanimity when it decides to investigate certain allegations,\u201d he added. \u201cWe clearly haven\u2019t seen that in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AFL quoted federal law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/web\/governance\/digital-strategy\/it-policy-archive\/hhs-ocio-policy-for-records-management.html#:~:text=The%20FRA%20requires%20every%20federal,and%20financial%20rights%20of%20the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>as requiring<\/a> that agencies \u201cmake and preserve records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency and designed to furnish the information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of the Government and of persons directly affected by the agency\u2019s activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CDC\u2019s policy of routinely deleting former employees\u2019 emails 30 days after they leave the agency is in direct violation of this law, AFL argued. The agency confirmed the policy to the group, saying only the emails of high-ranking officials were kept.<\/p>\n<p>AFL pointed to the contradiction between this policy and the National Archives\u2019s approach to Trump, referencing special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s prosecution of Trump for his alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence after his presidency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have maybe tens of thousands of government records every year that are destroyed without authority,\u201d Epstein told Fox News Digital. \u201cBut when it comes to Donald Trump, he gets prosecuted. Everyone else who doesn\u2019t have to stand for election gets a free pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the National Archives and HHS for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America First Legal, led by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, sued Biden&#8217;s administration for allegedly unlawfully deleting federal employees&#8217; emails, breaching federal regulations. The lawsuit targets Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan, and the National Archives and Records Administration.<\/p>\n<p>(55 words)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2223739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24080695928490-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24080695928490-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223738","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}