Trump did flush ripped-up papers down toilets, photos in upcoming book reveal

Former President Donald Trump appears to have flushed ripped-up government documents down the toilet after all, new photos revealed on Monday. New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman obtained the photos for “Confidence Man,” her forthcoming book on the Trump White House.

“Some (Trump) aides were aware of the habit, which he engaged in repeatedly,” Haberman told Axios, which published the photos. “It was an extension of Trump’s term-long habit of ripping up documents that were supposed to be preserved.”

One of the photos is of a toilet in the White House while another is from a foreign trip, according to the report. It’s impossible to tell the subject of the destroyed documents. But the name “Stefanik,” apparently a reference to upstate Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is legible on one piece of paper.

Trump derided the new report through his spokesman, Tyler Budowich.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S HOLLYHOCK HOUSE WILL SOON REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC

LOS ANGELES — More than a century after its completion and three years after being recognized as a cultural world treasure, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House will soon reopen to the public.

The landmark home in East Hollywood’s Barnsdall Art Park was closed for more than two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs used the hiatus to complete a series of restoration and improvement projects at the home, which was commissioned in 1918 by oil heiress Aline Barnsdall.

Hollyhock House will reopen Aug. 18 and show off a series of “significant transformations,’’ said Daniel Tarica, interim general manager of the cultural affairs agency.

The home’s monumental fireplace, which brings together the four classical elements of earth, air, fire and water, has been restored, as have the art-glass balcony doors in the master bedroom.

–Los Angeles Times