Unlike HRC, Jason Chaffetz continued to use a private email account after it became illegal

[pnwmom]

for members of the Executive branch. He was reported to the FBI for doing so, but Congress made itself exempt from the law.

Maybe that's the reason he's resigning soon. Something was in his private email server that didn't belong in there.

https://thinkprogress.org/why-can-rep-jason-chaffetz-use-personal-email-but-hillary-clinton-cant-c2734e2c839d

The hearing also re-hashed another interesting fact: That Chaffetz himself uses a personal email address to conduct professional business.

In light of intensified scrutiny on Clinton’s email practices, it seems a worthwhile question to answer: Why are members of agencies such as the State Department required to use government email accounts, while members of Congress are not?

The answer lies in federal open records laws — most of which don’t apply to Congress.

The Associated Press (AP) reported on this extensively last year, finding that members of Congress aren’t required to “use official email accounts, or to retain, archive or store their emails, while in office or after.” The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) — the law that allows the public to request internal documents from government agencies — for example, does not cover members of Congress. Congress is also not subject to the Federal Records Act, which requires all federal agency employees to keep accurate records of their activities.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/02/gop-rep-jason-chaffetz-reported-fbi-potentially-illegal-private-email-server.html

The Democratic Coalition Against Trump reported Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) to the FBI on Wednesday morning for possibly breaking Executive Order 13526 and 18 U.S.C. Sec. 793(f) of the federal code, which makes it unlawful to send or store classified information on a personal email. As was recently resurfaced by the Democratic Coalition’s #TrumpLeaks program, Rep. Chaffetz lists his personal Gmail address on business cards brandished with the Congressional seal. Rep. Chaffetz sits on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, which has jurisdiction over “internal and homeland security,” among other things.

“The mishandling of classified information that concerns the national security of our nation is something that the FBI takes very seriously,” said Scott Dworkin, Senior Advisor to the Democratic Coalition. “The irony is unparalleled- Representative Chaffetz, the person who led the charge against Secretary Clinton’s personal email server use, could actually be the one who is breaking the law and putting our national security at risk in the process.”

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Thanks for my vindication.

This rumor has been flying around Politico's in Utah for more than a year. BTW,Little Jason was charged with using Campaign Funds for personal use,but ah,he settled out of court with a apparent sealed documents. Only in Utah.

[zentrum]

7. Love your screen name.

What a terrible loss for the country.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. For those of us who new him on a personal level,

Paul was the real deal.

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10. ...

[LisaM]

2. The biggest group of projectionists to ever hit the pavement.

I swear, they'll all be used in textbooks one day, and their names will be given to syndromes.

[Lee-Lee]

3. I'm looking for more details before I pounce on this

Because if true it's delicious.

But the link is pretty much devoid of details. When, where and what did he have on his email and how was it found?

[pnwmom]

4. The fact is that he was using his private email for his government job even though it was illegal

then for everyone in the Executive branch. He didn't think open records laws should apply to him -- and he could have had anything in his private emails, including classified info.

We don't know exactly what emails he had on that server, but he was slamming HRC for putting emails at risk of being hacked. His emails were at risk, too. (And the .gov account is known to have been hacked by both Russia and China. Hillary's email was, on the other hand, never shown to have been hacked, though the FBI looked for evidence that it was.)

ON EDIT:

I'm going to add another link to the OP.

[Lee-Lee]

5. But your second link doesn't say that and neither

produce anything to back up that he had classified info on it.

If you read your second link members of Congress fall under different rules than federal employees and he technically could use that email based on what your second article says.

And neither of the links says anything backing up the claim he had classified info on the gnail account, that would be the big reveal if true. And that's what I'm looking for better info on.

[pnwmom]

6. Yes, I changed the OP to reflect that. Members of Congress exempted themselves.

I'm going to look for more on the contents of his emails. I remember hearing at the time that members of Congress were sending and receiving classified info on their accounts, but I haven't looked for it yet today.

Here is an article about members of Congress in general. There's no reason to think that Chaffetz is a special exception.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/21/its-not-just-hillary-clinton-members-of-congress-are-careless-with-classified-material-and-their-own-records/?utm_term=.27247b73bffa

Members of Congress need never open their files for examination — and if they do, the amount of material they make available, and the timing of when they do it, is entirely up to them. What’s more, when they do make their files available, classified material regularly turns up in it. Most congressional collections are boxes of paper, but as current members retire, more and more will be “born digital” and can include emails sent to and from a congressional office.

SNIP

Having processed, filed and housed these documents, we know that, like Clinton, members of Congress regularly handle classified information. While such files should be returned to the government, sometimes they are filed away with everything else. We have come across classified material in many of the collections here at the center.

[SunSeeker]

9. K & R for exposure.

[Alice11111]

11. Impeach him, fast. He only has a couple of month's left, until he resigns.

I heard a rumor that he's going for the big bucks on Fox. They need some new scum, as all of their scum seems to be leaving, voluntarily or not.