Introducing ArchiveGate: Trump’s Dangerous Attack on the National Archives
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🗓️ 30 March 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
If you thought SignalGate was bad, wait until you hear about ArchiveGate. Trump illegally fired the National Archivist—the first president in U.S. history to do so since the position was established in the 1930s. This wasn’t just about a change in leadership; it was revenge on the Archivist’s office alerting the DOJ about Trump’s stolen classified documents, which were stored around Mar-a-Lago, a known hub for foreign spies.
But it gets worse. Marco Rubio, who is currently the Trump/Putin lackey Secretary of State, is also serving as the acting National Archivist. This unprecedented conflict of interest raises serious concerns. Rubio is juggling three major roles—Secretary of State, head of USAID, and now, National Archivist. This gives him the power to greenlight the destruction of government records, including his own, without any checks and balances.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) plays a vital role in maintaining the integrity of our political system, overseeing the administration of the Electoral College, preserving government records, and ensuring transparency. Now, with Rubio in control, we face the potential destruction of key documents and rewriting of history that could threaten our democracy. It’s another avenue for Trump to lead a coup to stay in power, like his failed “fake electors” scheme to try to overturn the 2020 election.
As one listener points out in her commentary, edited for clarity, shared in a recent Gaslit Nation salon, we must stay vigilant of these corrupt moves. ArchiveGate is part of a broader plan to hold on to power. But remember, the people are the ultimate force. Together, we can stop this.
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Show Notes:
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Trump’s firing of the U.S. government archivist is far worse than it might seem: The National Archives and Records Administration does more than just preserve documents: It’s the scaffolding of the American political system. https://www.fastcompany.com/91277620/trump-firing-national-archivist-colleen-shogan
House Dems cite ‘fundamental conflict’ of Rubio’s acting appointments atop USAID and National Archives: Lawmakers’ concerns stem from a March 11 memo instructing USAID employees to prepare for mass destruction of agency records. https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/house-dems-cite-fundamental-conflict-rubios-acting-appointments-atop-usaid-and-national-archives/404013/
The ‘fake electors’ and their role in the 2020 election, explained https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/20/fake-electors-charges-trump-2020-election/
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome to this special Gaslit Nation stay on Gaslit, mini episode. |
| 0:14.0 | It was part of our salon discussion this month of March, and I want to bring this to your attention. |
| 0:21.4 | I know there's a lot happening. If you thought Signalgate was bad, and there's a monster truck pile up of bad out |
| 0:28.9 | there from the Trump regime, but now you need to meet Archivegate. Trump fired the National |
| 0:36.1 | Archivist, the first U.S. president to do so since the position was |
| 0:40.2 | established in the 1930s. Why? Well, many reasons. He's at war with the United States because he's |
| 0:47.3 | a Russian asset, so there's one. But he's also getting revenge for the archivist office, not this |
| 0:53.9 | particular archivist who he fired, |
| 0:56.5 | Colleen Shogun, because she wasn't even around, just the office itself he's going after |
| 1:01.4 | for alerting the DOJ that Trump stole classified documents and was holding on to them. |
| 1:07.9 | And those documents that turned out were stored in ballrooms and other places |
| 1:11.7 | easily accessible at Mar-Lago, his private Palm Beach resort, known to be a viper den of foreign spies |
| 1:20.0 | from China and Russia and the oligarchy from around the world trying to take advantage. |
| 1:24.7 | And there were America's national security secrets, including nuclear |
| 1:27.9 | program secrets, just floating around Mar-a-Lago. So it was the nerds at the National Archives |
| 1:35.4 | that first got that big Jack Smith case going by alerting the DOJ, like, hey, this long-time |
| 1:43.0 | corrupt criminal, I mean, they didn't say it like that, but we all know what they meant, this long-time corrupt criminal, I mean, they didn't say it like that, |
| 1:44.6 | but we all know what they meant. This long-time corrupt criminal who made a career stealing |
| 1:49.6 | from people and being a criminal is holding on to our National Archives, holding on a sensitive |
| 1:55.1 | material. It's like, we need that back. So Trump, being as vindictive as he is, could not wait |
| 2:00.4 | to purge the National Archives. |
| 2:02.6 | But here's what's happening now. |
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