[Prince of Space]

Actually, they didn’t. The former head of NARA, David Ferrierro, was quoted in an article in 2018 as saying NARA had repeatedly requested that Obama send him the documents in his possession from his presidency. He was complaining that his multiple letters were being ignored, which may have finally prompted the Obama Foundation to send a letter in August 2018 outlining their previous agreement.

[semimojo]

”The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) assumed exclusive legal and physical custody of Obama Presidential records when President Barack Obama left office in 2017, in accordance with the Presidential Records Act (PRA). NARA moved approximately 30 million pages of unclassified records to a NARA facility in the Chicago area where they are maintained exclusively by NARA. Additionally, NARA maintains the classified Obama Presidential records in a NARA facility in the Washington, DC, area. As required by the PRA, former President Obama has no control over where and how NARA stores the Presidential records of his Administration. For more information, please visit https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2022/nr22-001”