House panel votes to authorize subpoenas for all White House work communications

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Source: Washington Post



By Felicia Sonmez
July 25 at 11:36 AM

A bitterly divided House Oversight Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to give Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) the authority to subpoena all White House work communications sent via email and personal cellphone.

The 23-to-16 vote came after House Democrats earlier this month asked the White House for copies of all work communications sent via personal email, personal cellphone and other forms of nonofficial transmission in an expansion of their investigation into whether Trump administration officials violated federal record-keeping laws.

Cummings had asked the administration about reports that some top White House officials — including President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner — used personal email and encrypted applications to communicate.


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Full headline: House panel votes to authorize subpoenas for all White House work communications sent via personal email, cellphone

[klook]

1. Excellent.

I’m sure the minority’s position is, “But what about Hillary’s emails?!1!??!1”

[BumRushDaShow]

2. The other side spent 4 years talking about and investigating "Hillary's emails"

meanwhile....

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Chances of them ever seeing any of it: zero.

[JudyM]

7. Yup. Only hope is if they send in the US marshals service.

[FBaggins]

4. ALL White House work communications?

Not "all communications related to responding to the Special Counsel" or "all communications related matter 'X'" ? Just "send us everything!" ?

They obviously won't turn that over. Nor do I see how any court would enforce it. Were they just looking to add to the pile of ignored subpoenas for effect?

[unc70]

5. No, only those using personal emails

Huge difference.

[KPN]

6. Why do I feel like whoopdeedoo? Not to mention: Seems like

a specious demand.

[ffr]

8. Gifters gonna grift.

Then law enforcement gonna arrest.

That's the way it works, honey.

[forgotmylogin]

9. In other news, a large order for new cellphones and computers was placed in DC...