A federal judge issued an injunction requiring White House staff to comply with the Presidential Records Act after rejecting a DOJ opinion that the law was unconstitutional.Judge John Bates ruled that presidential records must be preserved as public property to ensure historical transparency and institutional accountability.This legal decision halts attempts to replace strict recordkeeping requirements with internal guidance that would have permitted the deletion of unofficial messages.The mandate follows a lawsuit filed by
American Oversight and the American Historical Association to prevent the destruction of official government documentation.