<p>The Washington Post resorted to using a Disney movie as a reference in an article explaining the significance of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) with regard to the recent <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/doj-says-fbi-seized-possible-attorney-client-privileged-information-in-trump-raid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI raid</a> of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago home.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/27/trump-archives-records-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a>, titled &#8220;Inside Trump&#8217;s War on the National Archives,&#8221; dug into some of the threats and hate that have reportedly been directed toward NARA in the three weeks since FBI agents raiding Mar-a-Lago and removed a number of boxes of documents that had been stored there.</p>
<p>But while attempting to explain the back-and-forth between the NARA and Trump — who is certainly not the first former president to find himself at odds with the administration over ownership of records — the authors of the article included a reference to Disney&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-shows-up-for-training-camp-dressed-as-nic-cage-from-con-air/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Treasure</a>&#8221; in an effort to paint a clearer picture of the Archives.</p>
<p>The Post shared a portion of an internal email from acting archivist Debra Steidel Wall to NARA staffers, which read in part, &#8220;NARA has received messages from the public accusing us of corruption and conspiring against the former President, or congratulating NARA for &#8216;bringing him down.&#8217; Neither is accurate or welcome.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The email capped a year-long saga that has embroiled the Archives — widely known for being featured in the 2004 Nicolas Cage movie, &#8216;National Treasure&#8217; — in a protracted fight with Trump over classified documents and other records that were taken when he left office,&#8221; the Post added in the following paragraph.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is the funniest possible bit of context to include when explaining what the national archives actually is,&#8221; Texas Monthly Senior Editor Dan Solomon said of the reference.</p>
<p>https://twitter.com/dansolomon/status/1564036884548009986</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8216;The Archives — widely known for being featured in the 2004 Nicolas Cage movie, &#8216;National Treasure&#8221; is one of the weirder asides I&#8217;ve seen in WaPo. Maybe say it&#8217;s best known as the home of the Declaration and Constitution. But Nic Cage?&#8221; Michael Jacobs added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The Archives — widely known for being featured in the 2004 Nicolas Cage movie, &#39;National Treasure&#39;” is one of the weirder asides I&#39;ve seen in WaPo. Maybe say it&#39;s best known as the home of the Declaration and Constitution. But Nic Cage?<a href="https://t.co/jsVvYHqonV">https://t.co/jsVvYHqonV</a> <a href="https://t.co/EyERODJPia">pic.twitter.com/EyERODJPia</a></p>
<p>&mdash; (((Michael Jacobs))) (@ChipJake) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChipJake/status/1563918537021857793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>NARA has previously contested the <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/why-presidential-papers-don-t-belong-to-presidents-/6694170.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">possession of records</a> removed from the White House, arguing that presidential records belong to the United States government.</p>
<p>&#8220;Presidential records are the property of the United States government and are administered by the National Archives,&#8221; Meghan Ryan Guthorn, acting deputy chief operating officer of the agency explained. &#8220;So, all presidential papers, materials and records in the custody of the National Archives, whether donated, seized or governed by the Presidential Records Act, are owned by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">kids entertainment content</a>.)</em></p>

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