A padlocked room, torn pages and an FBI raid: A timeline of Trump's trouble with National Archives

August 11, 2022

The unannounced search was related to White House documents sought by the National Archives, his son Eric Trump told Fox News later that night. But Trump's issues with the National Archives reportedly began before he even left office. The attorneys had also requested that the National Archives send Trump's team any documents that could be relevant for review. At this point the National Archives had reportedly handed more than 700 pages to the committee. National Archives counsel Gary Stern reportedly first contacted an official in the White House who had been named the point-person for records-keeping matters.