Trump documents probe expanded by U.S. congressional panel.

• The investigation of former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents has been expanded by a U.S. congressional committee, as stated in a letter released on Friday.
• Carolyn Maloney, the Democratic chair of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, wrote to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requesting additional information regarding what she referred to as "the largest scale violations of the presidential records act since its enactment."

The investigation of former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents has been expanded by a U.S. congressional committee, as stated in a letter released on Friday.

Carolyn Maloney, the Democratic chair of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, wrote to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requesting additional information regarding what she referred to as "the largest scale violations of the presidential records act since its enactment."

David Ferriero, the archivist of the United States, was requested by Maloney to provide information about the contents of the boxes recovered from Trump's Florida home and any records that Trump had destroyed or attempted to destroy by March 10.

The letter, dated Feb. 24, requested NARA to provide documents and communications related to the use of personal messaging accounts for official business by officials in the Trump administration by March 17.

The committee led by Maloney has been investigating how Trump handled his records after he left office in January 2021. Trump has maintained his innocence despite the revelation that he took 15 boxes of presidential documents to his home in Florida instead of delivering them to the National Archive as mandated by law.

Official communications of U.S. Presidents must be preserved under the Presidential Records Act, which includes memos, letters, notes, emails, faxes, and other written documents.

This month, the Washington Post reported that some documents taken to Trump's home and later returned to the archives were marked as classified, potentially increasing the legal pressure Trump or his aides could face.