Records Responsive to FOIA requests related to Former President Trump's return of 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago
Media Alert · Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Washington, DC

NARA has received more than 50 FOIA requests seeking records related to the 15 boxes received from Mar-a-Lago. To respond most efficiently to these overlapping requests, NARA is processing all related requests in the same manner:  identifying categories of records that are commonly requested and organizing its searches and responses by those categories of records. When NARA completes processing of a category of records, it will simultaneously issue a response to all requesters who asked for records pertaining to that subject matter and will post any non-exempt records or discretionary releases here.
Records released on October 3, 2022:
Category 1: emails between NARA officials and representatives of former President Trump related to the 15 boxes as of March 31, 2022
Category 2: emails from NARA to external entities other than Trump representatives related to the 15 boxes as of March 31, 2022 
Records released on November 9, 2022: 
Category 3A: emails between NARA officials related to the 15 boxes as of March 31, 2022 (Part A).    
Records released on December 20, 2022:
Category 3B: emails between NARA officials related to the 15 boxes as of March 31, 2022 (Part B). NARA continues to process and post records on a monthly basis.
Records released January 31, 2023:
Category 4: records documenting the cost associated with retrieval of the boxes
Category 5 consisted of any NARA inventory pertaining to the contents of the boxes. These records are being withheld in full.  
Category 6: NARA communications with former President Donald Trump’s Presidential Records Act (PRA) representatives related to the boxes, beginning April 1, 2022 
Category 7:  NARA communications with Congress, the Department of Justice, and the White House related to the 15 boxes, beginning April 1, 2022
Records released February 28, 2023:
Category 8A: emails between NARA officials related to the 15 boxes starting April 1, 2022 (Part A) 
Records Released March 31, 2023:
Category 8B:  emails between NARA officials related to the 15 boxes starting April 1, 2022 (Part B)
Category 9: chats and text messages about the 15 Boxes 
Records Released October 17, 2023:
NARA OIG emails