Trump administration dismisses national archivist
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President Donald Trump’s administration announced it had dismissed Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan in a surprise move Friday evening.
President Donald Trump’s administration announced it had dismissed Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan in a surprise move Friday evening. “At the direction of @realDonaldTrump the Archivist of the United States has been dismissed tonight,” White House Director of Presidential Personnel Sergio Gor wrote in a post on X. “We thank Colleen Shogan for her service.” While Shogan had been told that Trump wanted to replace her, she did not expect her removal would happen as soon as Friday and was shocked when she was notified, a source familiar with the situation said. CNN has reached out to NARA for comment. Shogan, who was nominated to the position by President Joe Biden in 2022, was the first woman to hold the post as head and chief administrator of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and previously served as senior vice president and director of the David M. Rubenstein Center at the White House Historical Association. Shogan had served as the archivist since 2023 and was not at the National Archives when FBI agents searched Trump’s home in 2022 looking for classified documents.
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