Call it a case of perfect irony: Jared Kushner, son-in-law and adviser to President Trump, who helped get his father-in-law elected in part on the issue of Hillary Clinton’s emails, has now been caught using a private email account to conduct official White House business and to communicate with other staffers.
Politico reports:
“Kushner uses his private account alongside his official White House email account, sometimes trading emails with senior White House officials, outside advisers and others about media coverage, event planning and other subjects, according to four people familiar with the correspondence.”
Josh Dawsey of Politico also noted that reporters have seen and verified at least two dozen emails from the private account.
Contacted for comment, Kushner’s attorney for the Russia investigation, Abee Lowell, admitted that his client had indeed used private email accounts to communicate with other White House aides, but also sought to downplay the severity of the matter:
“Mr. Kushner uses his White House email address to conduct White House business. Fewer than 100 emails from January through August were either sent to or returned by Mr. Kushner to colleagues in the White House from his personal email account. These usually forwarded news articles or political commentary and most often occurred when someone initiated the exchange by sending an email to his personal rather than his White House address.”
While there is no evidence that Kushner might have shared classified information via his email account, it does seem only fair that the FBI investigate the matter just as thoroughly as they did Hillary’s emails, which may have contributed to her losing momentum in the final days of the 2016 race.
Using a private email account, however, is a direct violation of the Presidential Records Act, which requires documentation and records of all of administration activities.
How exactly will Trump try to dismiss and downplay what little Jared has done? Will he demand that he resign and call for him to be prosecuted? We won’t hold our breath waiting for that to transpire.
One thing is certain: We need to change that overused chant to, Lock them all up!
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