A federal judge said Wednesday that White House staff must preserve their official records, including communications that they send via non-official text message services, pushing back on attempts to free President Donald Trump from record-keeping obligations that were set by Congress.

A federal judge has ruled that Trump can’t violate the Presidential Records Act just because he feels like it.

A federal judge ordered White House staff and President Trump's top advisers to comply with a law that requires certain presidential records to be preserved.