Lock her up! Kellyanne, WH staff caught using private RNC email system!
Should we apply the same standards partisan Republicans did to Hillary? Because, let’s face it: this looks pretty stupid.
Senior Trump administration staffers including Kellyanne Conway, Jared Kushner, Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon have active accounts on a Republican National Committee email system, Newsweek has learned.
The system (rnchq.org) is the same one the George W. Bush administration was accused of using to evade transparency rules after claiming to have “lost” 22 million emails.
Making use of separate political email accounts at the White House is not illegal. In fact, they serve a purpose by allowing staff to divide political conversations (say, arranging for the president to support a congressional re-election campaign) from actual White House work. Commingling politics and state business violates the Hatch Act, which restricts many executive branch employees from engaging in political activity on government time.
But after then-candidate Donald Trump and the Republicans repeatedly called for “locking up” Hillary Clinton for handling government work with a private server while secretary of state, the new White House staff risks repeating the same mistake that dogged the Democrat’s presidential campaign. They also face a security challenge: The RNC email system, according to U.S. intelligence, was hacked during the 2016 race. “They better be careful after making such a huge ruckus over the private email over at the State Department,” says former Bush administration lawyer Richard Painter.
(The White House has not responded to queries about the system. Newsweek will update if and when it does.)
It’s not clear whether or how Trump staffers are using the RNC email addresses. If they are using them, they are subject to the “Disclosure Requirement For Official Business Conducted Using Electronic Messaging Accounts,” a law, 44 U.S.C. 2209, that went into effect in 2014. If White House staffers have already used the RNC emails system for White House work, they must copy or forward those communications into the government system within 20 days.
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37 responses to Lock her up! Kellyanne, WH staff caught using private RNC email system!
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Mark Bub January 25th, 2017 at 14:37
Damn trouble making libs . . . The server they are using is not a private server . . . It is an “Alternate Public Server” that just happens to be private.
Larry Schmitt January 25th, 2017 at 14:42
That fits their Orwellian agenda.
Hirightnow January 25th, 2017 at 14:46
…….
Obewon January 25th, 2017 at 23:36
Awe c’mon that’s brilliant satire, not likely a stealth KGB drone.
Just in case… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0319afe62c85645149f1963deb1ace5205b93fc46805a29db7a4ec959342b107.jpg
rat618 January 25th, 2017 at 23:42
and these are “real” Americans not libtards like Hillary…the Trumpkins have immunity from any crime they commit.
granpa.usthai January 26th, 2017 at 00:26
u r krazier!
granpa.usthai January 26th, 2017 at 00:25
u r ‘krazy’
amersham1046 January 25th, 2017 at 15:37
WH will just brush it off as a non issue
granpa.usthai January 26th, 2017 at 00:25
then there should be really yuge protest in the streets of Washington for each and every infraction.
Stan Ubeki January 25th, 2017 at 16:12
first.last@rnchq.com
robert January 25th, 2017 at 16:31
I didn’t know it was OK to lose 22 million e-mails during a war .
If your initials are gwb there should be no investigation either
Willys41 January 25th, 2017 at 16:35
“Should we apply the same standards partisan Republicans did to Hillary? Because, let’s face it: this looks pretty stupid.”
As the Reichfuhrer himself says, we should fight fire with fire. Stupid is irrelevant, as Trump’s presence in the WH amply demonstrates.
mea_mark January 25th, 2017 at 17:08
We need an investigation of the entire #Derp45 administration. They don’t seem to care about any laws that don’t benefit them. They are all turning into lawless tyrants.
granpa.usthai January 26th, 2017 at 00:22
turning?
allison1050 January 25th, 2017 at 21:24
Lock up all of them!
The Original Just Me January 25th, 2017 at 21:25
That Bunch is So Slimy that they would slide Right out of any Lockup.
fahvel January 26th, 2017 at 02:11
Fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
trees January 25th, 2017 at 23:53
Everyone here agrees that what Hillary did with her email was legal and acceptable, you all supported her and deemed her a worthy Presidential candidate.
There should be zero opposition to the incoming administration practicing the same policy.
If it was OK then, it’s OK now…..
Obewon January 25th, 2017 at 23:57
Comprehension pepe: “If White House staffers have already used the RNCHQ emails system for White House work, they must copy or forward those communications into the government system within 20 days.”
Second nitrogen atom: “The system (rnchq.org) is the same one the George W. Bush administration was accused of using to evade transparency rules after claiming to have “lost” 22 million emails.” https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c8a42708ad5d5628b052fb2a87d3c01f1fcad1c3a9abbaff5afeeb0289c46c15.png
trees January 26th, 2017 at 00:08
Hillary Clinton removed her entire email from the government system. Not only that, but she then deleted more than half of all email, before returning those she deemed “official”.
Obewon January 26th, 2017 at 00:13
Only a debunked fool such as yourself believes faux news is real. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f8b0a0358b15bfbd19bdff90a438b2e56b383b7c7ceb5b377359f80f3fe133b3.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/09d708e2e87701bdd6f55efb8ceb85291e7c2ab8f7716c4c839983ed1c50b6c6.jpg
whatthe46 January 26th, 2017 at 00:16
if you knew how stupid you sound, you’d refrain from making further comments. 33k emails were private emails, your statement suggest she had no more than 66k emails. you big stupid.
Tommie January 26th, 2017 at 00:28
Hahah, always good for a good laugh!
whatthe46 January 26th, 2017 at 02:09
love ya babe!
fahvel January 26th, 2017 at 02:10
why do you all continue interacting with a creature that has evidently not yet descended from the trees? It will not get any more evolved for another several millions of years. And most likely will be one of the life forms whose branch stopped arbitrarily.
whatthe46 January 26th, 2017 at 02:12
because some times, i like to play with my food. what can i say. LOL
Bunya January 27th, 2017 at 13:18
Me too.
trees January 26th, 2017 at 04:06
Were private according to who? Hillary? That’s laughable….
dave-dr-gonzo January 26th, 2017 at 21:43
“Hillary Clinton removed her entire email from the government system.”
UNTRUE (Wall Street Journal, Jan. 2, 2016)
robert January 27th, 2017 at 04:34
Is it anything like a candidate who is refusing to reveal his taxes
The first in 42 years
Bunya January 27th, 2017 at 13:17
That’s bullsh*t. Please post your facts.
granpa.usthai January 26th, 2017 at 00:20
Hillary went through 7 very expensive political inquisitions to re -re- re- re-re-re-re verify her INNOCENCE, even with the CROOKED FBI director criminally conspiring with the crooked speaker of the house with FABRICATED ‘evidence’.
the incoming administration should indeed PRACTICE the same policy.
It should still be OK.
hearings on ALL accused criminals in trump’s illegal administration!
over and over and over, until they FABRICATE BS evidence on them also.
trees January 26th, 2017 at 04:04
So, you’re not opposed to spending money on an investigation, you’re just opposed to investigation of your party….
Carla Akins January 26th, 2017 at 06:40
A single investigation should suffice.
robert January 27th, 2017 at 04:31
Your barking up the wrong tree when it comes to people who are begging for Federal investigations
dave-dr-gonzo January 26th, 2017 at 21:42
Um, no, Trees. We didn’t say any such thing. Now go back to Breitbart, where the delusional rants will fit in better with your silly worldview.
granpa.usthai January 26th, 2017 at 00:31
is kellyanne going to fill in as 1st c*nt (using trump’s own words) while his real 1st c*nt (using trump’s own words) keeps their son Barron away from his totally neglecting father?