Reaction is coming in after it was revealed that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have allegedly been using unofficial apps and email accounts for government business. The Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent a letter to White House Counsel requesting documents related to the use of personal messaging services and email accounts by ‘non-career officials at the White House in violation of the Presidential Records Act and White House policy.”
The Committee obtained additional information raising even more concerns about the use of private email and messaging applications by Jared Kushner and other White House officials.
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Abbe Lowell, personal counsel for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, confirmed that Mr. Kushner has been using WhatsApp as a part of his official duties in the White House.
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Mr. Lowell also confirmed that Ms. Trump continues to receive official emails on her personal email account and she does not forward the emails to her official account. Forwarding all official emails to an employee’s official account is required by law.
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The Committee has also obtained documents showing that K.T. McFarland, former Deputy National Security Advisor, and Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist, conducted official business on their personal email accounts relating to transfer of sensitive U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.
Now people can’t help but point out the hypocrisy in the use of personal accounts.
Dem. @RepRoKhanna calls reports Kushner was using WhatsApp to communicate with foreign officials “ironic": Pres. Trump “ran his whole presidential campaign accusing Hillary Clinton of having a private server. … Here you have something that’s much worse.” https://t.co/gynmzazL6p pic.twitter.com/whTzaXMk8G
— CNN (@CNN) March 22, 2019
And who can see the irony in this email scandal more than Hillary Clinton herself?
Tell me about it.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 22, 2019
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