The file
Obama put him in as Archivist. He stayed through Trump. In 2015 he told Grassley a formal Attorney General action on Clinton emails was not necessary. In February 2022 he wrote Congress that Archives staff were talking to Justice about Trump boxes. He signed the Pence-records letter as Biden instructed.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building. Voice of America, 2010. U.S. government work.
DOJ contact · documented
Ferriero to Chairwoman Maloney. Fifteen boxes. Items marked classified. “NARA staff has been in communication with the Department of Justice.” The letter is on archives.gov. Not an indictment.
National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. David Samuel. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. File:US_National_Archives_Building.jpg.
Nomination
HSGAC hearing. Congress.gov transcript. The public start of a twelve-year holdover.
David S. Ferriero. National Archives. U.S. government work.
Role
NARA history: nominated July 28, confirmed November 6, sworn November 13. Retired April 30, 2022.
Tenure
NARA and OMB, M-12-18. The digital-records sermon. Not a crime.
Rayburn House Office Building. Architect of the Capitol. U.S. government work.
House testimony
He said the IRS failed to notify NARA. He would not say “broke the law.” He said they did not follow it.
Chuck Grassley, 2017. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio. U.S. government work.
Clinton emails
Primary PDF. Not appropriate or necessary at that time, he wrote Grassley.
Mike Pence, official vice-presidential portrait. D. Myles Cullen. U.S. government work. Wikimedia Commons File:Mike_Pence_official_portrait.jpg. Used on the Pence-records card; not a Ferriero face.
Jan. 6 committee
As instructed by President Biden. Deliver March 3 unless a court said no.
Presidential records
Agency statement. Ferriero on the PRA. “Records matter.” Not a verdict.
Exit
NARA news interview. Washington Times on the C-SPAN successor remarks.
J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building. Ajay Suresh, 21 June 2024. CC BY 2.0.
Reporting
Two letters, one contrast. Reporting. Not a court finding.
Reporting
Column on a newspaper interview. Banker-box line not independently re-quoted.
Just the News
Solomon and Richards on Cannon-unsealed memos. Reporting of exhibits. Not the exhibits.
RealClearInvestigations
Sperry on patience, a draft AG letter, visitor logs. Reporting. RCP proper: none found.