WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) led 11 Senators, including all Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in demanding answers (https://www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/26.04.29-Sen.-Schiff-and-Colleagues-to-WHCO-on-OLC-Opinion-on-PRA.pdf) from the White House on the administration's recent legal opinion (https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1434131/dl) declaring the Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978 unconstitutional.
Enacted after Watergate, the PRA provides transparency on official duties at the White House. It establishes public ownership of official White House records, including on a...