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Shannon Bow O'Brien

Assistant Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin

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New Photos Suggest How Trump, Flush with Power, May Have Sent Official Documents down the Toilet

Photos showing what appear to be torn-up documents in two different toilets may provide more evidence of the former president’s habit of destroying his presidential documents.

  • By Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation
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Trump, Defying Custom, Hasn't Given the National Archives Records of His Speeches at Political Rallies

Almost 10% of the president’s total public speeches are excluded from the official record.

  • By Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation