In his Mar. 21 testimony before the committee, former White House aide Nick Luna said that he saw Trump tearing documents.
According to audio recordings of Nick Luna's deposition acquired by CBS News, Luna said before the House select committee looking into the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, that he saw Trump "tearing" documents.
"Did I ever see him tear up notes? I don't know what the documents were but there [was] tearing," Luna said in his Mar. 21 testimony before the committee.
Federal law demands that presidential records be meticulously preserved and eventually given to the National Archives, in accordance with the Presidential Records Act.
Dan George, the committee's senior investigative counsel, repeated his question about whether Trump had torn up any documents, to which Luna responded, "That's correct."
However, Luna claimed that he had no recollection of details of any records that might have been destroyed.
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