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Trump Dismisses Archivist To The United States

Colleen J. Shogan during an interview in her office at the National Archives building in June 2023. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

By Maegan Vazquez

President Donald Trump has terminated the head of the National Archives and Records Administration, targeting an independent agency that was involved in trying to recover documents he took to his Florida estate after his first presidential term.

Colleen J. Shogan was named archivist of the United States by President Joe Biden in 2022 and confirmed to her role in 2023, a year after the Archives referred its search for documents in Trump’s possession to the FBI. On Friday evening, Shogan wrote on LinkedIn that Trump “fired” her.

The independent agency she led, known as NARA, oversees research facilities as well as 13 presidential libraries and 14 regional archives. It also houses many of the country’s founding documents, such as the Declaration of Independence. It also holds 13 billion pages of text and 10 million maps, charts and drawings, as well as tens of millions of photographs, films and other records.

“No cause or reason was cited. It has been an honor serving as the 11th Archivist of the United States. I have zero regrets — I absolutely did my best every day for the National Archives and the American people,” Shogan said on LinkedIn. In a subsequent statement, Shogan told The Washington Post, “It was an honor to serve as the 11th Archivist of the United States. I did so with integrity, patriotism, and honor.”

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