(2015-0940-F) Donald Trump

10 folders, approximately 467 pages

This collection consists of records related to Donald Trump or the Trump Organization. This collection consists of an invitation for the President to attend a charity dinner in Atlantic City, an autographed copy of Mr. Trump’s 1987 book The Art of the Deal, press briefing material that briefly mentions Mr. Trump in connection with the upcoming 2000 election, and email concerning notes sent from President Clinton to Trump on the occasion of his birthday. The emails also include reference to Trump’s campaign for President in 2000. This collection also contains printed database entries concerning Trump’s invitations to White House events and a photo-op Donald Trump shared with the President at the Trump Towers in New York.

The materials in FOIA 2015-0940-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. Donald J. Trump was born in Queens, New York. Trump attended Fordham University and then the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Trump began his career in real estate at his father’s real estate firm, Elizabeth Trump and Son. His notable real estate developments include the Grand Hyatt Hotel and Trump World Tower in New York, and the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City. Trump was the star of the NBC reality game show, The Apprentice (2003-2011). Trump considered running for president on several occasions as early as 1988. Trump ran as the Reform Party candidate for President in 2000 and for the Republican Party nomination for President in 2016. This collection consists of an invitation for the President to attend a charity dinner in Atlantic City, an autographed copy of Mr. Trump’s 1987 book The Art of the Deal, press briefing material that briefly mentions Mr. Trump in connection with the upcoming 2000 election, and email concerning notes sent from President Clinton to Trump on the occasion of his birthday. Email also includes reference to Trump’s campaign for President in 2000. This collection also consists of a printed database entry concerning Trump’s invitations to White House events and a photo-op Donald Trump shared with the President at the Trump Towers in New York.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas - Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Alpha Files; Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files; Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files; Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]; Clinton Presidential Records: Electronic Daily Diary; and Clinton Presidential Records: White House Database (WHODB) The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Alpha file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management from 1993 – 1996 and is a series of documents arranged by name of persons, organizations, or events. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. WHORM files are processed at the document level; whereas, Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS database is comprised of six sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represent a specific White House office. The buckets are titled: NPR for National Performance Review, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, and Default for emails not associated with an office. The OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. The WHO bucket contains email created or received by individual with an Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. The Default bucket often includes email created or received by offices or individuals outside of the Executive Office of the President. ARMS emails are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date The White House Electronic Daily Diary System logs the President’s daily activities as events with participants. Activities include but are not limited to travel, meetings, and telephone calls. Each event was recorded and indexed with a description, a subject code, and start and end time. Electronic Daily Diary records are printed and arranged By Event Type or Search String and there under by date. The White House database (WHODB) is a database of White House events and individuals that attended those events. The database also includes a log of individuals that received White House greeting correspondence. Data was entered and maintained by the Office of Correspondence, Social Office, and Office of Public Liaison. WHODB records are printed and arranged by Event Type or Individual, and further arranged chronologically by appointment date. FOIA 2015-0940-F includes WHORM records from this subject code: FG001-07 Federal Government – Appointments Granted, Presidential.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2015. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2015-0940-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Alpha Files
Trumana [Donald Trump]
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
FG001-07 417059 [Interview with Bryant Gumbel]
FG001-07 417069 [Briefing Materials, Domestic Policy]
FG001-07 417101 [California Political Briefing Memorandum]
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Chief of Staff
Middleton, Mark
[Trump – The Art of the Deal] [loose] [OA/ID 6074]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Donald Trump]
[04/21/1994 – 11/09/1999]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Donald Trump]
[03/19/1993 – 12/06/2000]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Donald Trump]
[03/11/1994]
Clinton Presidential Records: Electronic Daily Diary
[Trump]
[06/16/2000] [OA/ID 150000]
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Database (WHODB)
Individual Search
[Trump]
ID: 510756 [OA/ID 160000]