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Subramanyam launches probe into Trump's Truth Social, X messages
The notice specifies that the preservation obligation applies to all private messages between or among Trump administration officials.
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Malvika Choudhary - Thu, 30, Oct 2025
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Suhas Subramanyam / Facebook
Congressman Suhas Subramanyam asked Truth Social and X to preserve records as part of an investigation into President Donald Trump’s use of private messaging platforms for government business.
In letters co-signed with House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia, Subramanyam directed Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes and X Corp. Chief Financial Officer Anthony Armstrong to retain all data that could relate to official communications.
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The requests cover documents, private messages, backups, server logs, metadata, and archived content from Jan. 20, onward.
The letters, sent to the companies’ headquarters in Palm Beach, Florida, and Bastrop, Texas, respectively, instruct them “not to alter, delete, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any and all documents, communications, materials, and electronically stored information” that could be relevant to the inquiry.
The notice specifies that the preservation obligation applies to all private messages between or among Trump administration officials, including the president, as well as communications with foreign government officials conducted through Truth Social or X.
It also extends to backups, archived data, electronic documents, and system logs on any devices or third-party platforms.
The action follows reports that a Truth Social post by President Trump addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi — apparently urging her to pursue charges against political opponents — was intended to be a private message. That disclosure prompted questions about whether the administration has used private or encrypted apps to discuss government business.
“It’s rich that a president who owes his political career to making communications security a campaign issue is now using private, unauthorized messaging platforms to conduct government business,” Subramanyam said. “The American people deserve transparency into these communication practices and actual oversight over this administration.”
The preservation notices reference previous concerns raised by congressional Democrats about the administration’s use of encrypted apps such as Signal and Gmail. Lawmakers have warned that such practices could violate federal recordkeeping laws designed to ensure government transparency.
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