vanka Trump Used Personal Email Account for Government Business, Review Finds
Ivanka Trump last month in the Oval Office. Ms. Trump had told people in the White House that she was unaware of the rules when she was using her personal email account.CreditSamuel Corum for The New York Times
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Ivanka Trump last month in the Oval Office. Ms. Trump had told people in the White House that she was unaware of the rules when she was using her personal email account.CreditCreditSamuel Corum for The New York Times
Ivanka Trump repeatedly used a personal email account to conduct government business in 2017, a White House review found, a fact that raises the stakes on congressional oversight hearings that the new Democratic House majority will hold.
Ms. Trump’s email use, much of which first came to light last year, included exchanges on her personal account with cabinet secretaries, as well as forwards of schedules to her assistant, a person familiar with the emails said.
Democrats will be in control of at least 232 seats when the new House is sworn in next year, according to The New York Times’s latest count. And the personal email use of Ms. Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who both serve as senior advisers to the president, has been expected to be among the topics the new leaders will address.
The subject has particular irony for Democrats, who bitterly point to President Trump highlighting during the 2016 presidential campaign Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. At rally after rally, Mr. Trump discussed her server, buoyed by chants of “Lock her up!” from his crowds.
The server was discovered amid a congressional inquiry related to Mrs. Clinton in 2015. The F.B.I. investigated her use of the server — which included sending emails that were classified — but declined in July 2016 to press charges.
“Oh Ivanka,” Mrs. Clinton’s spokesman, Nick Merrill, posted on Twitter on Monday evening.
The Washington Post first reported on the scope of Ms. Trump’s email use, saying on Monday that there were up to 100 related to government business, but hundreds of others related to schedules.
My opinion would be based on the nature of the communications and whether there were any that should have been secure. "Schedules" could mean nothing more than than dinner reservations or hair appointments.
It used to be that I could access my office email on the internet. Now I have to be on my gov. issued laptop through the VPN, etc. It's a PIA when I want to shoot off a quick email on a Sunday night to let so and so know I will be at the meeting late or to forward some correspondence which has no proprietary information or anything that should be protected.
My opinion would be based on the nature of the communications and whether there were any that should have been secure. "Schedules" could mean nothing more than than dinner reservations or hair appointments.
It used to be that I could access my office email on the internet. Now I have to be on my gov. issued laptop through the VPN, etc. It's a PIA when I want to shoot off a quick email on a Sunday night to let so and so know I will be at the meeting late or to forward some correspondence which has no proprietary information or anything that should be protected.
I agree. And this is yet another MSM stunt to make what hillary did seem normal. This is why I want it prosecuted to give more credence to prosecute Hillary, not that should matte. Play by the left, BACKFIRE!
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They need to investigate if they are claiming that she used personal email for (up here it is 'sensitive' documents). The precendent has been set, whether it is liked by either side or not.
My opinion would be based on the nature of the communications and whether there were any that should have been secure. "Schedules" could mean nothing more than than dinner reservations or hair appointments.
It used to be that I could access my office email on the internet. Now I have to be on my gov. issued laptop through the VPN, etc. It's a PIA when I want to shoot off a quick email on a Sunday night to let so and so know I will be at the meeting late or to forward some correspondence which has no proprietary information or anything that should be protected.
My opinion would be based on the nature of the communications and whether there were any that should have been secure. "Schedules" could mean nothing more than than dinner reservations or hair appointments.
It used to be that I could access my office email on the internet. Now I have to be on my gov. issued laptop through the VPN, etc. It's a PIA when I want to shoot off a quick email on a Sunday night to let so and so know I will be at the meeting late or to forward some correspondence which has no proprietary information or anything that should be protected.
I agree with this..
Somehow, with the opening statement stating "government business", I highly doubt it was about dinner or hair.
Ivanka Trump repeatedly used a personal email account to conduct government business in 2017
My opinion would be based on the nature of the communications and whether there were any that should have been secure. "Schedules" could mean nothing more than than dinner reservations or hair appointments.
It used to be that I could access my office email on the internet. Now I have to be on my gov. issued laptop through the VPN, etc. It's a PIA when I want to shoot off a quick email on a Sunday night to let so and so know I will be at the meeting late or to forward some correspondence which has no proprietary information or anything that should be protected.
I agree with this..
Somehow, with the opening statement stating "government business", I highly doubt it was about dinner or hair.
Ivanka Trump repeatedly used a personal email account to conduct government business in 2017
Sure but it was not sending Secretary of State emails over a server that was kept from the US Gov't. AND if this is true Ivanka should be investigated and Hillary's crimes should as well.
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She screwed up and there should be consequences, but seriously, the difference between her and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is astronomical. AND Hillary set up a separate server purposely when she knew it was wrong.
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Investigated somewhat, was found to be guilty, no charges which is BS and quite frankly why Trump was elected. All I can assume is Hillary is deep do-do if Ivanka is investigated which would mean ole Hill will need to be prosecuted.
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Yep. And it was found that she did indeed violate laws, procedures, etc. in using her email server. And then Comey, the director of the FBI, said that even though she did it, no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges - which was NOT his job to decide.
You can read his findings here: https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/statement-by-fbi-director-james-b-comey-on-the-investigation-of-secretary-hillary-clinton2019s-use-of-a-personal-e-mail-system
I love this bit -
That’s what we have done. Now let me tell you what we found:
Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.
For example, seven e-mail chains concern matters that were classified at the Top Secret/Special Access Program level when they were sent and received. These chains involved Secretary Clinton both sending e-mails about those matters and receiving e-mails from others about the same matters. There is evidence to support a conclusion that any reasonable person in Secretary Clinton’s position, or in the position of those government employees with whom she was corresponding about these matters, should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that conversation. In addition to this highly sensitive information, we also found information that was properly classified as Secret by the U.S. Intelligence Community at the time it was discussed on e-mail (that is, excluding the later “up-classified” e-mails).
None of these e-mails should have been on any kind of unclassified system, but their presence is especially concerning because all of these e-mails were housed on unclassified personal servers not even supported by full-time security staff, like those found at Departments and Agencies of the U.S. Government—or even with a commercial service like Gmail.
Separately, it is important to say something about the marking of classified information. Only a very small number of the e-mails containing classified information bore markings indicating the presence of classified information. But even if information is not marked “classified” in an e-mail, participants who know or should know that the subject matter is classified are still obligated to protect it.
While not the focus of our investigation, we also developed evidence that the security culture of the State Department in general, and with respect to use of unclassified e-mail systems in particular, was generally lacking in the kind of care for classified information found elsewhere in the government.
With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton’s personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked. But, given the nature of the system and of the actors potentially involved, we assess that we would be unlikely to see such direct evidence. We do assess that hostile actors gained access to the private commercial e-mail accounts of people with whom Secretary Clinton was in regular contact from her personal account. We also assess that Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal e-mail domain was both known by a large number of people and readily apparent. She also used her personal e-mail extensively while outside the United States, including sending and receiving work-related e-mails in the territory of sophisticated adversaries. Given that combination of factors, we assess it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton’s personal e-mail account.
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