The Trump administration announced Friday night that Colleen Shogan, archivist of the United States, has been dismissed.
"At the direction of @realDonaldTrump 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 in a post to X.
The move was expected. Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt earlier this month, "We will have a new archivist."
Shogan herself expected to be replaced, just not this soon, and was shocked when she was told, CNN reported.
Shogan was nominated by former President Joe Biden in 2022 and had served since 2023. As archivist, she oversaw the National Archives and Records Administration, which was at the center of the federal indictment against Trump for possessing classified documents.
Court exhibits last May showed deputy White House Counsel Jonathan Su had been regularly communicating with NARA, as had the Department of Justice. The Archives had sent in a criminal referral on Trump on Feb. 9, 2022.
Shogan worked with first lady Melania Trump on a number of projects during Donald Trump's first term as president, CNN reported. At the time, Shogan was at the White House Historical Association. Shogan in 2023 invited Melania Trump to give a speech on citizenship at the National Archives, according to the report.
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