White House record boxes recovered at Trump's Mar-a-Lago: report

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) retrieved multiple White House record boxes last month that were improperly kept at former President Trump Donald TrumpAbrams fires back at Perdue, Kemp over criticism of maskless photo Biden to visit Israel later this year Manchin crosses party lines in officially endorsing Murkowski MORE's Mar-a-Lago property, The Washington Post reported.

The boxes reportedly contained important records of communication, gifts and letters from world leaders, which, according to the Post, is a violation of the Presidential Records Act.

The newspaper added that the boxes retrieved from the Florida estate included correspondence with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Kim Jong UnDifficult challenges await America's new South Korea ambassador State media documentary admits 'food crisis' in North Korea US pushes for talks with North Korea after latest missile launch MORE as well as a letter from former President Obama Barack Hussein Obama'Dismantling Democracy' to save it: How Democrats rediscovered the joys of rigging elections Lisa Cook is perfect for the Federal Reserve Wyden still undecided on FDA pick, presses for plans on accelerated drug approvals MORE to Trump.

The Post noted that recent administrations have all had some Presidential Records Act violations, including the use of unofficial email and telephone accounts as well as the destruction of emails.

But a source told the newspaper that the transfer to Mar-a-Lago was "out of the ordinary ... NARA has never had that kind of volume transfer after the fact like this."

The Hill has reached out to the National Archives and Trump's office for comment.

The Presidential Records Act, which was put in place following the Watergate scandal, requires administrations to document and maintain records of the White House decisionmaking process.

The new development comes just a week after NARA handed over some Trump White House documents to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that were reportedly torn up and taped back together.

The National Archives said last week that the documents "included paper records that had been torn up by former President Trump."

The former president had sued to stop the committee from being given certain documents, with his attorney claiming it was illegal and that Trump wanted to preserve privileges over certain documents.