Biden admin­is­tra­tion sued over email dele­tions in case con­cern­ing Trump and his doc­u­ments tri­al

A con­ser­v­a­tive legal group filed a law­suit against the Biden admin­is­tra­tion, alleg­ing it ille­gal­ly delet­ed the emails of fed­er­al employ­ees in vio­la­tion of fed­er­al law.
Amer­i­ca First Legal, led by for­mer senior Trump advis­er Stephen Miller, is suing Health and Human Ser­vices Sec­re­tary Xavier Becer­ra, Archivist of the Unit­ed States Colleen Shogan, and the Nation­al Archives and Records Admin­is­tra­tion. The law­suit, shared on Wednes­day, alleges that the agen­cies ille­gal­ly destroyed fed­er­al records from the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion in vio­la­tion of the Fed­er­al Records Act.

Health and Human Ser­vices Sec­re­tary Xavier Becer­ra attends a hear­ing of the House Com­mit­tee on Ways and Means on Capi­tol Hill, Wednes­day, March 20, 2024, in Wash­ing­ton. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefel­bein)

“If the Nation­al Archives deci …