Colleen Shogan (Credit: public domain)
President Donald Trump fired Colleen Joy Shogan, the head of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
This is the same agency that targeted Trump over so-called “classified documents” lawfully stored at Mar-a-Lago.
“At the direction of President Trump, the Archivist of the United States has been dismissed tonight. We thank Colleen Shogan for her service,” Sergio Gor, director of the Presidential Personnel Office said on Friday evening.
This is a great move. Shogan was an opponent of transparency and public access to classified historical records. She systematically defunded efforts to reduce over classification and increase declassification. Also, she showed a terrible bias against conservatives as was…
— Ezra A. Cohen (@EzraACohen) February 8, 2025
— Ezra A. Cohen (@EzraACohen) February 8, 2025