Standard procedure for government officials to initiate and maintain such a paper-trail in the event their superior asks or directs them to do something illegal or unethical.  Is it "fake news"?  Only looks that way to anyone with eyes less than an inch apart.  Is it "undocumented speculation"?  Even the minimum optically distance-compromised should understand that if someone publicly claims "I've DOCUMENTED this", the easiest way to prove it is to release the documentation.  Apparently that's why Frumpy the KKKlown only "documents" on "twitter".  So sad...