Following the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago estate, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that former President Barack Obama took 33 million documents, many of which were purportedly classified, to Chicago.
Some social media users are continuing to spread the unproven narrative that Obama mishandled his records upon leaving office.
"The Obama Foundation stored classified documents in an abandoned furniture warehouse, according to a 2018 letter from the Obama Foundation to the National Archives and Records Administration," reads a Facebook post shared Sept. 27.
The post generated over 80 shares in less than a week. Similar posts have spread widely on Facebook and Truth Social.
But the claim is baseless.
The post includes a link to a Sept. 22 article from PJ Media, which originally made the same claim. PJ Media has since issued a correction and removed the story.
The archives agency gained full control of Obama's presidential records when he left office in accordance with the 1978 Presidential Records Act, as USA TODAY previously reported. It originally stored his classified records in a facility that used to be an old furniture store. The Obama Foundation never managed these records, and the 2018 letter is no proof of that.
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