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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner 'used private email for White House work' 'Height of hypocrisy' - Clinton calls out Trump team over private email reports
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At least six senior Trump administration figures have used private email accounts for official White House business, according to various media reports.At least six senior Trump administration figures have used private email accounts for official White House business, according to various media reports.
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, admitted through his lawyer on Sunday that he had done so in the administration’s early days. A New York Times report says Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, aides Gary Cohn and Stephen Miller, and former staff members Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus, also used private accounts. Hillary Clinton, who lost the presidency to Donald Trump after a campaign in which her use of a private email server while secretary of state was a defining issue, called the news “just the height of hypocrisy”.
Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, admitted through his lawyer on Sunday that he had done so in the administration’s early days. A New York Times report said Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, aides Gary Cohn and Stephen Miller and former staff members Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus also used private accounts.
None of those named are believed to have broken the law, which allows public officials to use private addresses where official emails are forwarded to government accounts to be archived for reasons of transparency.None of those named are believed to have broken the law, which allows public officials to use private addresses where official emails are forwarded to government accounts to be archived for reasons of transparency.
However, the reports have the potential to cause serious embarrassment to the US president, whose election campaign was built partly on regular and heavy criticism of Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server. However, the reports have the potential to cause serious embarrassment to Donald Trump, whose election campaign was built partly on regular and heavy criticism of Clinton for her use of a private email server.
Clinton, twice cleared by the FBI, was the subject of regular chants of “lock her up” at Trump rallies and beyond. Clinton, twice cleared by the FBI, was the subject of regular chants of “lock her up” at Trump rallies and beyond. In her recently published book on the campaign, What Happened, the former first lady and senator identifies the investigation into her emails and former FBI director James Comey’s handling of it as a major reason for her defeat.
A report concerning Kushner first emerged in Politico on Sunday. Soon after, Kushner’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, acknowledged that his client had either received or responded to dozens of emails involving White House business using the personal account between January and August. Comey first cleared Clinton of wrongdoing, though he criticised her conduct at a press conference. He then announced, 11 days before the election, that new emails had been discovered on a laptop owned by Anthony Weiner, the disgraced estranged husband of Huma Abedin, a key Clinton aide. Two days before the election, Comey cleared Clinton again.
Speaking to NBC this month, Clinton said she “would’ve won” if Comey had not intervened. “It stopped my momentum. It drove voters from me,” she said. “And so that, in terms of my personal defeat, was the most important factor.”
Speaking to Sirius XM radio on Monday, after the reports of private email use in the Trump White House emerged, Clinton bemoaned “the hypocrisy of this administration, who knew there was no real scandal, who knew that there was no basis for all their hyperventilating. Republican members of Congress who politicized the deaths in Benghazi.
“No, we’re finding with the latest revelations – they didn’t mean any of it. It’s just the height of hypocrisy.”
A report concerning Kushner first emerged in Politico on Sunday. Soon after, Kushner’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, acknowledged that his client either received or responded to dozens of emails involving White House business using the personal account between January and August.
On Monday, Newsweek reported that Ivanka Trump had also used a personal account while she was acting as an unpaid adviser to her father.On Monday, Newsweek reported that Ivanka Trump had also used a personal account while she was acting as an unpaid adviser to her father.
The same day, the New York Times cited administration officials who said she had also done so after formalising her White House role. The same paper named the other four advisers, citing leaks from current and former government officials. The same day, the New York Times cited administration officials who said Ivanka Trump had also done so after formalising her White House role. The same paper named the other four advisers, citing leaks from current and former government officials.
Clinton set up a personal server for all her electronic correspondence, handling tens of thousands of emails and storing some classified information. The traffic relating to the Trump administration was reportedly much less significant, described by officials as sporadic. It was, however, said to have included correspondence with reporters.Clinton set up a personal server for all her electronic correspondence, handling tens of thousands of emails and storing some classified information. The traffic relating to the Trump administration was reportedly much less significant, described by officials as sporadic. It was, however, said to have included correspondence with reporters.
In Kushner’s case, his lawyer said, the emails usually involved “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”.In Kushner’s case, his lawyer said, the emails usually involved “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”.
Given Trump’s stance on the issue and the sensibilities of his core supporters, the wisdom of any use of a private address by an official in the administration can be called into question.Given Trump’s stance on the issue and the sensibilities of his core supporters, the wisdom of any use of a private address by an official in the administration can be called into question.
On Monday, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, characterised the use of private email accounts within the Trump administration as “very limited”.On Monday, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, characterised the use of private email accounts within the Trump administration as “very limited”.
“White House counsel has instructed all White House staff to use their government email for official business, and only use that email,” she said.“White House counsel has instructed all White House staff to use their government email for official business, and only use that email,” she said.