[robotresearcher]

> You know Jay, at this level – it’s the White House. Everything needs to be clearly documented and written down.

I understand from the Pod Save America people that taking notes is usually avoided at the White House, since they are required to be part of the permanent record and can be subpoenaed. Destroying notes is not allowed, so it's best to not take them in the first place.

Naturally the current crowd have their own ways.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/politics/sean-spicer-donald-tr...

[chris11]

> Naturally the current crowd have their own ways.

The whole situation with Michael Wolff is a little worse than staff just taking notes considering he kind of just kept showing up at the White House and got a couple hundred interviews over half a year.

[robotresearcher]

The link I gave is about Sean Spicer, former press secretary, who apparently kept detailed journals.

Everyone would expect a journalist not employed by the White House to keep notes.