WASHINGTON – The US president’s daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trumpused a personal email account for government business in violation offederal records rules, The Washington Post reported Monday.
The Post, citing anonymous sources, said the discovery was made by WhiteHouse officials reviewing emails in response to a public records lawsuit.
When asked about it, Trump said she was unfamiliar with details of therules, the Post said.
A spokesman for Trump’s attorney confirmed that she did use a private emailaccount before she was informed of the rules, and said that all hergovernment-related emails had been turned over months ago, the newspaperreported.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly pilloried Hillary Clinton, his rivalin the 2016 presidential election, for her use of a private email serverfor government business while she was secretary of state.
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Then FBI director James Comey — fired by the president last year –announced that the bureau would reopen an investigation into Clinton’s useof the private email server just 11 days before the 2016 presidential vote,a move that some say may have helped cost her the election.
Trump supporters still chant “Lock her up!” at rallies, mimicking one ofTrump’s battle cries during the election campaign, indicating they believeClinton should be jailed.
