Associations concerned that the outgoing Trump Administration will destroy records documenting the actions of the president and his staff have filed lawsuits against the administration to ensure the administration preserves its records and documents, the Washington Post reports.

The American Historical Association, the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the National Security Archive and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed suit in the DC District Court to require the administration ensure it is compliance with the Presidential Records Act.

The groups are concerned that with ongoing investigations into Trump’s administration and personal business, Trump will direct the destruction of relevant documents.  With Trump’s “potential legal and financial exposure once he leaves office,” the groups said, “there is a growing risk that he will destroy records of his presidency before leaving.”

“Research rooted in these materials provides an unparalleled look inside an administration’s activities that would, if absent, leave the world wholly reliant upon the memoirs and memories of those whose deeds we professionally investigate and evaluate,” said James Grossman, director of the American Historical Association.

One of the issues that prompted the lawsuit was the revelation that White House advisor and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner was using encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp.  Kushner claims that he took screenshots of appropriate communications to preserve documents.