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Morning. new this morning, another example of the trump administration s cavalier approach to handling presidential records. the washington post reporting that members of the national archives had to go down to mar-a-lago to recover some of the former president s white house documents after trump improperly removed multiple boxes from the white house. cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wild is tracking the latest development. so whitney, would this be a violation of the presidential records act? well, that is the biggest question right now. was this just sloppy or sinister? and we know it s going to be really difficult for people in trump s camp to try to make the argument they simply didn t know because as we reported for months, there are many examples of attorneys telling people within the trump administration you must keep these documents for the presidential records act. the washington post is reporting that these national archivists went out to mar-a-lago to retrie ....
By the way, i called you arlette saenz. you re not, you re john harwood at the white house. christine romans in new york. thank you very much. new overnight, the national archives found what it believed were possible classified documents in boxes of documents returned by former president trump. this according to the new york times . this is material that trump would have taken from the white house as he left office. we re also learning this morning that white house staff believe former president trump was at one point actually trying to flush ripped up pages of paper in a white house toilet. you cannot make this up. those allegations in a new book from the new york times maggie haberman. cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wild is following this story. whitney, it is becoming more and more convoluted and, you know, hard to decipher here, but the national archives has asked the doj to look at the former president s handling of records. has the doj now responded? the justi ....
White house to preserve those documents, now cnn learned they ask the justice department to investigate trump s handling of those documents. all of this comes in a new book from the new york times maggie hagerman said they believe president trump was actually trying to flush pieces of paper down a white house toilet. cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wild is following all of the latest developments. whitney, let s start with this new reporting related to the national archives discovery and reaching out to the doj hoere. what do we know? reporter: it s not clear if they ll launch a formal investigation. the reality is the vast majority of these referrals to the department do not end up as a formal investigation. in a statement wednesday, the archives said we do not comment on potential or ongoing investigations. the request came after recent revelations that the national archives had to retreat 15 boxes of records that end up with trump at mar-a-lago, his florida resort an ....
Severe. cnn has reaction from washington to the ukraine. reporter: i m kylie atwood at the state department. president biden and president putin had a high-stakes conversation on tuesday. the national security adviser describing the conversation as straightforward and useful. also where president biden made clear what the repercussions for russia would be if they chose to invade ukraine. there would be high stakes economic measures, providing more support to ukraine, more support to nato allies along the eastern flank. but the national security adviser said that the united states still does not believe president putin has made a decision if he will invade ukraine or not. reporter: i m matthew chance in kiev where the biden/putin call could make the biggest impact of all. it is ukraine that is facing tens of thousands of russian troops amassing its borders, ....