Cummings: Ivanka Trump not preserving all official email

[turbinetree]

Source: Associated Press

By CHAD DAY and JILL COLVIN 13 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and a powerful White House aide, is not preserving all of her official email communications as required by federal law, the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee said on Thursday.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said in a letter that Trump’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, informed the committee late last year that Trump doesn’t preserve official emails she receives in her personal account if she doesn’t respond to them. Cummings says that appears to violate the Presidential Records Act.

The letter raises the latest concern about the use of private email and messaging applications to conduct official White House business. It also details the use of the messaging application WhatsApp by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and of personal email accounts by other former senior White House aides that Cummings says “raises additional security and federal records concerns.”

The letter says Lowell confirmed that Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband and a senior White House aide, uses the WhatsApp to conduct official U.S. government business. According to the letter, Lowell said Kushner has used the application to have “communications with people outside the United States,” though he did not provide the identities of those involved.

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There are "rules" lady, and they are in place for a reason.............like you know corruption and being blackmailed.................

LOCK HER UP.....................

November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough.................

[louis-t]

1. Federal law. Presidential Records Act.

The law doesn't apply to drumpfs. Apparently.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Russia, if you're listening . . . .

[BamaRefugee]

3. She would simply "refuse to provide" just like every other Republican cretin is doing

Why are the Committees always "requesting" documents when they know in advance the respondents will just refuse?

Time is too short too waste on this, can they not eliminate the days and days of stalling and just ISSUE SUBPOENAS the first time? At least those are backed up by judicial enforcement powers.

Courtly Congressional gestures and "reaching across the aisle" for cooperation are things OF THE PAST!

[lunatica]

24. Because it is part of the procedure

Think of it this way. Do you think it would be acceptable or legal if the Republicans threw procedure out and just issued Subpoenas for every single investigation?

Procedure allows the other party time to gather all the requested information. Not complying triggers the escalation of other legal avenues which wouldn’t happen if the requested documents are provided when first requested. There’s a reason for every step taken.

[BamaRefugee]

34. I'm a registered, licensed and bonded California process server.

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I make my living serving subpoenas, summonses, writs, levies, etc for California courts, US District Court, and US Marshal Service.
After service of a subpoena, parties involved are always given plenty of time to gather information. I would assume the same rules apply to Congressional subpoenas, otherwise, what is the magic moment when they are suddenly allowed to subpoena rather than to "request" things? They obviously already have subpoena power.
Maybe there is a statute, don't really know, my gut feeling is that "requests" are just a remnant of more courteous and cooperative times.

[TeamPooka]

4. Laws don't apply to Republicans.

[SkyDaddy7]

14. They damn sure don't!!!

The Cheney/Bush Administration used a completely separate network disconnected from the official government network with laptops & servers at the RNC & TURD BLOSSUM deleted something like over 20 MILLION emails & never had to answer for it!

[LuvLoogie]

5. Oh Chuck? Andrea? any Journalists out there? Any GOP Reps up for a committee investigation?

Just checking...didn't think so.

[jayschool2013]

29. Any journalists?

This OP literally links to a story by the Associated Press, which cites reporting done by the Washington Post.

[HopeAgain]

6. Lock her

the fuck up.

[BlueJac]

7. Who me?

The crime family Trumpino strikes again

[lagomorph777]

8. Whatsapp? AOL? Whathefuck?

Trump's people are infinitely more irresponsible with email than what they accused Hillary of! Whatsapp is clearly intended to let Jared keep his corrupt international dealings secret from the US Government.

LOCK THEM UP!

[Karadeniz]

9. Have rules kept up with technology? Has the govt banned use of encryption?

[lagomorph777]

12. The government uses encryption. But when a government employee uses PRIVATE encryption,

that employee is hiding something from the government. That is evidence he's committing some type of crime.

[DoctorJoJo]

10. Trump Trash Totally BELOW Reproach!

[lancelyons]

11. We complain the GOP plunders and breaks rules

And the Dems are powerless and seemingly ineffective.

We have to start playing with fire. Subpoena them. Hey law enforcement involved. We have to stop crying that the gop is not complying

[SCVDem]

13. I hear there is a jail

In the basement of Congress.

Time to use it!

[iluvtennis]

15. Of course she isn't, she's above the law doncha know

[Honeycombe8]

16. None of them are. This has been known for some time.

Better get those subpoenas out in a hurry, to get whatever is left.

[moose65]

17. But her emails!!

Oh, wait.... 🙄

[Fritz Walter]

18. Someone needs to update this video

The edit is needed at 1:30, when Iskanka is grinning while JarJar is hauled away by the FBI.

They’re both going down.
And the sooner the better!

[NurseJackie]

19. There's NEVER a bad time to watch that clip! I love it!

[Fritz Walter]

23. Always brings a smile to my face

Especially the last scene!

I was 10 years old when From Russia With Love hit the big screen and the theme song was playing on the AM airwaves.

I remember when Moscow was the enemy and would do anything to bring down Western democracy.
Ah, Nostalgia!

[duforsure]

20. I wonder if she destroyed some of her emails, and evidence?

And the FBI, and Mueller already has them. They may be walking themselves all into a trap.

[Blue_Tires]

21. I seem to remember e-mails losing the election for some candidate I can't remember?

[UCmeNdc]

22. Isn't this what the GOP investigated Hillary Clinton for?

Where is the GOP's out rage?

[lunatica]

25. Frankly I think Ivanka is too stupid to know what to destroy

Why in the world would she know anything about what would incriminate her and Jared? Why would Jared have a clue about what’s legal or not?

Just because they break the law every day doesn’t mean they know the laws. Certainly not the laws about governance, national security legal protocol. They are stuck in their ignorant belief that they’re still just citizens.

[Firestorm49]

26. Republicans would have been screaming bloody murder.

[djacq]

27. When you communicate outside official, you're hiding something.

[Gothmog]

28. David Corn -The GOP never cared about Hillary's server

Link to tweet

[Amyishere]

30. The head off the department of Labor kept a serial rapist and pimp from facing consequences

Acosta is good friends with Epstein, as is Trump. We have human traffickers that need more than letters of reprimand and eventual subpoenas. There are those who are committing crimes who need to be flat out arrested.

Cindy "rubntug" runs massage parlours that have had slaves in them, and Ivanka Trump owns massage parlours in China.

The leader of the Office of Refugee Resettlement is an "anti-abortion" advocate who imprisons pregnant teen girls that are "illegal" and keepts track of their "menstral" cycles.

And yet, there are people willing to let "due process take its course". I am not interested in due process. I am not interested in anything else but some godamn justice.

[lark]

31. Lock up the entire treasonous family!

Throw away the key!

[pdsimdars]

32. My question is, are the going to do something about it? Can she go to prison for that?

[saljr1]

33. She actually thinks that the Trump family could be a dynasty in the White House and that she will

one day be president.( according to Gary Cohn). How delusional is that? LOL

[hughee99]

35. I find this very troubling. Could you even imagine the uproar if a Dem

Had a personal email account and then didn’t turn over ALL their work related emails. The republicans would be all over it and surely Dems wouldn’t try to defend or excuse it, because we believe following the rule of law is more important than political advantage.

[Gothmog]

36. Hillary Clinton and AOC are teaming up here

Link to tweet

[truthisfreedom]

37. Where's her emails? Lock her up!

[Gothmog]

38. Bernie universe is currently melting down because of this.

Link to tweet