House panel approves subpoena for official White House communications

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House panel approves subpoena for official White House communications
By Morgan Chalfant - 07/25/19 11:59 AM EDT


The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted along party lines to authorize Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) to subpoena for records from the White House in connection with an investigation into aides’ use of personal email and text applications for official business.

The panel voted 23-16 Thursday on a resolution that authorizes Cummings to subpoena White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney for official records and communications sent or received by noncareer White House officials using private email and nonofficial text-based accounts.

“There are serious questions about this White House’s use of personal email and text accounts. We must issue these subpoenas to get our answers,” said Cummings at the business meeting Thursday morning.

Democrats blasted the White House, accusing aides of flouting federal records laws, particularly the Presidential Records Act. Cummings pointed to evidence President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner has used WhatsApp to conduct official White House business.

“This is the law. We make the laws,” Cummings said. “If we are going to preserve our records, we need to preserve them consistently.”

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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/454723-house-panel-approves-subpoena-for-official-white-house

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Things are slowly coming to a head

[Takket]

2. The ultimate irony being...

Most of the private email laws drumpf and company have broken were those passed By the GOP in response to their made up Hillary email scandal LOL chickens come home to roost.