Where’s the Constitution? White House says website will bring it back soon.

WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump’s team took over the White House website this week, it made quick work of taking down web pages that featured the country’s founding documents and espoused the views of the previous administration.

A silhouette of Trump and a bold-faced “AMERICA IS BACK” message appeared on the homepage. New links to presidential statements and remarks appeared along with the text of a mountain of newly signed executive orders.

But what was missing from the revamped White House website was nearly as noticeable to frequent visitors: pages explaining the Constitution and Bill of Rights, promoting tourism, equity, internships and information about former American presidents of both political parties.

Bio pages for former U.S. presidents including Republican stalwarts Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan turned up error messages along with those of Democrats Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

Visitors to a Spanish-language version of the White House site also received a 404-error that told them the page could not be found.

The White House indicated the errors were unintended and temporary.

“It’s day two. We are in the process of developing, editing and tweaking the White House website. As part of this ongoing work, some of the archived content on the website went dormant. We are committed to reloading that content in a short timeline,” said principal White House deputy press secretary Harrison Fields.

The administration asked for patience as it builds out the new White House website.

“We are committed to bringing back online the Spanish translation section of the website,” Fields said.

When Trump entered the White House in 2017, his team took down pages about LGBTQ+ rights and climate change, as it proverbially cleaned house.

A copy of Biden’s website was preserved as an archive, like those of his immediate predecessors. An archive of Trump’s first term also remains.

(This story was updated with new information.)

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