Cummings, who now leads the Oversight Committee, says in a new letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone that Lowell confirmed to the two lawmakers that Kushner “continues to use” WhatsApp to conduct White House business. Cummings also indicated that Lowell told them he was unsure whether Kushner had ever used WhatsApp to transmit classified information.
"That's above my pay grade," Lowell told the lawmakers, per Cummings' letter.
Lowell added, according to Cummings, that Kushner is in compliance with recordkeeping law. Lowell told the lawmakers that Kushner takes screenshots of his messages and forwards them to his White House email in order to comply with records preservation laws, Cummings indicated.
Politico
Sure, we trust him to do that for every single message he sends and gives. Especially those between him and his bff Mohammed bin Salman.
According to Cummings, Lowell also told him and Gowdy that Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter who also serves as a top adviser, conducts official White House business through her personal email account. Cummings suggested that Ivanka Trump was in violation of the Presidential Records Act because she was not forwarding emails to her official White House account that deal with government-related business.
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“These communications raise questions about whether these officials complied with the Presidential Records Act and whether the White House identified this personal email use during its internal review and took steps to address it,” Cummings wrote.
The chairman also asked the White House for a briefing on its protocols for preserving records in accordance with the law.
The issue initially emerged as a bipartisan concern in 2017 when it was revealed that Kushner and Ivanka Trump were using their personal email accounts for official White House business.
But Hillary!
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