Overview
- An internal FBI message described a “priority request from the Executive Office of the President” directing personnel to look for Earhart‑related files in any location, including open or closed cases.
- Law enforcement sources told CNN that employees in Washington, D.C., and New York were instructed to search their workstations and digital media for relevant records.
- The directive was flagged as high importance and carried rapid response timelines, with some reporting a next‑day deadline for submissions.
- The searches follow President Donald Trump’s order last month to declassify and release all government records tied to Earhart’s 1937 disappearance.
- Coverage notes longstanding U.S. assessments that Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan likely ran out of fuel and crashed into the Pacific.