“George H.W. Bush took millions of documents to a former bowling alley and a former Chinese restaurant where they combined them. ... By contrast, I had a small number of boxes and storage at Mar-a-Lago, very small, relatively guarded by the great Secret Service.”
What PolitiFact found
Presidential papers often are taken to large, repurposed facilities, where they remain for years to allow for sorting and cataloging. Bush's paper sorting was done with the full participation of the National Archives.
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In short
Donald Trump (former president) made this claim around 8 October 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 October 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Not comparable to Mar-a-Lago”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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