House Democrats Demand Trump Preserve Grok AI Chats After TIME Report

According to TIME, Representatives Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia asked Trump to keep "any prompts" submitted to AI chatbots, including Musk's Grok, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Anthropic's Claude[1], along with the chatbots' replies. IBTimes UK reports that the letter names Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.[2]TIME says the request stems from a TIME report earlier this month detailing a previously undisclosed December 2025 meeting between Trump and Musk[1]. In that report, an official said Trump asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro.[1]The lawmakers wrote that Trump "consulted Grok—but not Congress—on your military deployment to Venezuela"[1], TIME reports.The House Judiciary Democrats say the letter also requests a briefing on the President's use of AI and the White House's policies for preserving AI prompts and responses as presidential records.[3] Futurism reports the deadline for that briefing is November 11.[4]A White House official told Politico that the White House "preserves all required records in accordance with the law."[5] TIME reports that a spokesperson for Musk did not respond to requests for comment.[1]IBTimes UK notes that as the minority, Democrats cannot independently compel the White House to provide the briefing they have requested.[2] TIME reports that Raskin and Garcia would be in line to chair the Judiciary and Oversight Committees, respectively, if Democrats win the House.[1]