House Democrats Ask Trump to Preserve AI Chat Records

House Democrats Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia have asked President Donald Trump to preserve records of official exchanges with artificial intelligence chatbots and to clarify whether he used Grok in deliberations about the U.S. operation in Venezuela. In a letter dated Wednesday, the lawmakers requested records of prompts sent by Trump or White House aides while performing official duties, as well as chatbot replies. They specifically asked whether Trump engaged with Grok, the AI assistant developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, concerning the military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The letter alleges Trump consulted Grok about a possible capture of Maduro. That allegation rests on earlier reporting about a December 2025 Oval Office meeting between Trump and Musk, during which Trump reportedly spent hours using Grok and asked how Venezuelans might react if U.S. forces captured Maduro. The supplied reporting does not include chat records or direct confirmation from Trump, and it has not established that Grok determined or influenced the operation. Raskin and Garcia said chatbot prompts and responses connected to official duties should be preserved as...