I may be wrong, but just because they are outside the oversight of the “Executive Office of the President” does not mean they have been transferred into the oversight of some equally competent authority. The president is probably still in control of this info but he doesn’t want it formally handled by this office. (Realistically there's a 50/50 chance it’s being managed by Rudy Giuliani at this point.)

Or deleted by a 500 lb bed hacker after all the security guys are removed.

> outside of the Executive Office of the President's oversight

> The president is probably still in control

What you're saying is directly contrasting the quote you responded to

"Executive Office of the President"

"President"

Not the same thing.

> isn't this bit a good thing?

Well, yeah, but you're kind of missing the bigger picture of what's going on here, which is that the administration is apparently trying to undermine this safeguard. So yes, it's a good thing that the safeguard exists, but no, it's not a good thing that the administration is trying to do an end-run around it, which is what makes this news.

No, the White House wants to transfer records which must legally be preserved into the hands of pliable partisan hacks who can hide or destroy them with no accountability, instead of leaving them in the hands of ethical information-security experts.