''Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and National Security Archive v. Trump and EOP'', No. 1:17-cv-01228 (D.D.C. 2017), is a case pending before the

United States District Court for the District of Columbia The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in the District of Columbia. It also occasionally handles (jointly with the United States District Court for the District of ...

. The plaintiffs, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and the archivist

National Security Archive The National Security Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-governmental, non-profit research and archival institution located on the campus of the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1985 to check rising government secrecy. The Nat ...

, allege that the defendants,

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

and elements of the

Executive Office of the President The Executive Office of the President (EOP) comprises the offices and agencies that support the work of the president at the center of the executive branch of the United States federal government. The EOP consists of several offices and agenci ...

, are in violation of the

Presidential Records Act The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978, , is an Act of the United States Congress governing the official records of Presidents and Vice Presidents created or received after January 20, 1981, and mandating the preservation of all presidentia ...

by deleting electronic messages on Twitter and using other electronic messaging applications without required archival records.

Background

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) had previously filed an emoluments case against the president,

CREW v. Trump ''Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Trump'' was a case brought before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washingt ...

, where they alleged the President had been in violation of the constitution since the inauguration. The

at George Washington University is a repository of declassified U.S. documents outside of the federal government. CREW and the National Security Archive are represented in this suit by both CREW staff lawyers and external counsel from the multinational law firm

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. The United States Department of Justice represents Trump. President Trump had used Twitter as a communication medium during his campaign and during his tenure as president, including tweets on inauguration day.Tweet dated 20 Jan 2017
/ref> CREW contends that deletion of tweets is the destruction of presidential records in violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1981. According to the text of the complaint:

Specific allegations

* Trump deleted tweets in violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1981. * The White House used encrypted and auto-deleting messaging applications which CREW alleges interferes with other federal agencies from fulfilling their obligations.

Opinion

The District Court ruled in favor of the Trump Administration, stating that the plaintiffs had failed to a clear and indisputable harm that merited the requested writ of mandamus. Thus, the case was dismissed and the administration was not required to restore the deleted communications. The plaintiffs appealed this decision, but the

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affirmed the district court's ruling.''Citizens for Responsibility v. Trump,'
924 F.3d 602
(D.C. Cir., 2019).

References

External links

* {{Citation, title = Complaint, Docket 1, volume = No. 1:17-cv-01228, location = D.D.C., date = Jun 22, 2017, url = https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.dcd.187444/gov.uscourts.dcd.187444.1.0.pdf, ref = CITEREFDocket1
Copy of complaint filed in United States District Court
(PDF, 38 pages) United States District Court for the District of Columbia cases Donald Trump and social media Donald Trump litigation

Background

Specific allegations

Opinion

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