The New York Times published photos on Monday that appear to show Donald Trump putting documents in toilets and ripping them up.
The pictures show that Trump ripped up documents in violation of the Presidential Records Act, as reported by multiple news outlets.
The photos were obtained from sources inside the former administration, and she shared them with the world.
On the left is a White House toilet, the word "qualified" and a capital I can see. There is a toilet on the left side.
Words written with a marker, other words written on the torn up sheets of paper, and the name "Stefanik" are all references to the New York congressman who defended Trump during his second impeachment.
When the allegations of Trump's penchant for attempting to dispose of documents and notes by flushing them down the toilet first came to light, the former president sternly denied that they were true.
"Another fake story, that I flushed papers and documents down a White House toilet, is categorically untrue and simply made up by a reporter in order to get publicity for a mostly fictitious book," Trump said in a statement in February.
After photographic evidence appeared to back up the toilet claims, Taylor Budowich continued to try to cast doubt on the story.
If pictures of paper in a toilet bowl is part of your promotional plan, you have to be desperate to sell books.
The Presidential Records Act requires U.S. presidents to preserve letters, emails and work documents. The Supreme Court ruled against the former president when he tried to block the transfer of documents from the National Archives to the House Select Committee.
In February, it was discovered that Trump had removed 15 boxes of documents from the White House and sent them to his Florida golf resort. An investigation was requested by the National Archives. The boxes have been retrieved by the archives.
The media's portrayal of my relationship with NARA is fake. It was not the other way around. In a statement released in February, Trump said it was a pleasure to work with the NARA.
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