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March 22, 2019

House Oversight Chair: Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump Broke Federal Records Laws
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The chair of the House Oversight committee has revealed that Ivanka
Trump and Jared Kushner illegally used private email accounts and
messaging apps to carry out official White House business. In a letter
to the White House Thursday, Maryland Congressmember Elijah Cummings
said Kushner-President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser-used Whats
App to communicate with foreign contacts, including Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman, while both Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, used
private email accounts in a way that appeared to violate federal records
laws. Cummings also revealed that White House officials, including Steve
Bannon, used personal emails to discuss transferring sensitive nuclear
technology to Saudi Arabia. During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump
repeatedly led chants of "Lock her up!" as he blasted Hillary Clinton
for her use of a private email server as secretary of state.


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