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Ivanka Trump used personal email for official White House business
First daughter and presidential advisor Ivanka Trump used a personal email account dozens of times to conduct official White House business, The Washington Post reports, citing an internal White House investigation. It's an ironic revelation given her father's obsession with Hillary Clinton's own use of a private email server during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Federal law requires government officials to preserve written records of their activities—and that includes email. Government email systems are set up to comply with these laws, and federal IT guidelines require government officials to use their official email accounts for all official business. The use of official email accounts may also reduce the risk of sensitive communications being intercepted by foreign intelligence agencies.
[...] Ivanka Trump's use of a personal email account was discovered in September 2017. Ivanka said she was simply unfamiliar with rules requiring official business to be conducted via official email accounts—despite the fact that her father had made Hillary Clinton's violation of the same rules a central theme of his campaign.
Last year Politico reported that Ivanka Trump's husband, Jared Kusher, had been conducting official business using an email address on the same ijkfamily.com domain. But at the time it wasn't known if Ivanka was doing the same thing. We learned about Ivanka's use of the ijkfamily.com domain for government business last November, but until now we didn't know the extent of Ivanka's use of this activity.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @08:03AM (38 children)
She's been bad, and deserves a spanking. Let us know when she sets up her own server, and does all of her business from that server.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @08:12AM (16 children)
Well, I doubt she's selling weapons to Saudi terrorists in Syria and Yemen (But, ya never know, terrorist chic...). Clinton had damn good reason to keep her dirty business under wraps. And besides, you know that these people are untouchable, they all have "insurance", prosecution, even more so than nuclear warfare, is MAD
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @08:21AM (15 children)
LOL - I'd like to see Clinton's "reasons" spelled out here. :^)
(Score: 5, Informative) by Pav on Thursday November 22 2018, @01:46PM (14 children)
Julian Assange says the most important revelation was the admission that Qatar and Saudi Arabia, some of the US's biggest allies in the region and some of the Clinton Foundations largest donors, are supporting ISIS... This went from a suspicion to common knowledge overnight. In another email Cheryl Mills states that Obama was well aware of Clintons use of an illegal server. Many people would think that the biggest revelation of the DNC leak was what got Debbie Wasserman-Schultz fired... ie. that the Hillary campaign was colluding with the Democratic National Comittee (DNC) to undercut the Bernie Sanders campaign. It was revealed how the Clintons were using their foundation as a private slush fund... Chelsea even used it to pay for her wedding. Republicans would probably care that it was revealed Clinton lied to the FBI and pergured herself before Congress about Bengazi - it showed she was untruthful, and that she knew she was being untruthful.
Granted, the Podesta emails were interesting also... for example:
1) The Moroccan king had donated 12M to the Clinton Foundation... and obviously felt a quid pro quo arrangement had been made - Huma Abeddin was furious that Clinton was considering being a no-show in Morocco due to her presidential campaign. A similar quid pro quo arrangement had already been leaked was flagged in a focus group as her biggest election issue ie. Uranium One (as revealed in another email).
2) A Primary Debate question was leaked to Clinton by Donna Brazile, which got Brazile fired from her media job after the Wikileaks release. She was then immediately hired by the Clinton campaign (apparently the Clintons "always reward their friends"... this turn of phrase came out in another email). The DNC also showed her a strange favouritism later by hiring Brazile as their interim chair. (By the way : Post Trump Brazile seems to have got scared and released a tell-all book outlining how Clinton had literally bought the election from the DNC through another of those Clinton quid pro quo arrangements. This is literally true.).
3) Doug Band called Chelsea Clinton a spoiled brat because she had audited the Clinton Foundation and had discovered some of the quid pro quo arrangements that others at the Clinton Foundation were using to enrich themselves... and was naively trying to stop it. Doug said something like "she'll wreck everything" or similar.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @02:02PM (10 children)
Informative - but that's only the tip of the iceberg. :^)
(Score: 2) by Pav on Thursday November 22 2018, @02:09PM (9 children)
I'm sure... Wasn't there something about most of the 9.5 Billion donated for Haiti going missing (later confirmed by Haitian journalist Dede Cheri)? If we had a decent media someone would have already created a list of revelations crosslinked to the Wikileaks archives.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @02:31PM (8 children)
You're still looking at cash money, ie, property. I'm far more interested in the bodies in the closet. To me, at least, THAT is the real story. There was already a book written, in 1986, detailing the trail of bodies, when I arrived in Arkansas. That list has only grown longer since then. But, no one can actually pin anything on the Teflon Clintons.
You can steal billions, literally, and not worry about the death penalty. Most people can kill just one single individual, and they're facing the death penalty. But, if you're big enough, have enough dirt on everyone, and can pay off everyone else, you can kill dozens, and get away with it. Or, have them killed, which amounts to the same thing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @04:23PM (5 children)
Can capitalism possibly work in any other way?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @04:39PM (4 children)
Why, yes! Yes it can!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @09:34PM (3 children)
How about socialism?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @09:52PM (2 children)
In socialism, you have the biggest, strongest dogs eating the little dogs - much as you have with unrestrained capitalism.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @03:29AM
That doesn't sound like dictatorship of the proletariat. That's dictatorship of the bureaucracy or oligarchy, which is not socialism.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @03:31AM
Not really. That's something preying on all ideologies called fascism, we try to fix it in both with something we call democracy. It's real hard work though and sometimes you don't bother.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @07:29AM (1 child)
Found your problem!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 23 2018, @09:22AM
Racist bastard - Arkies are human too!
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @03:23PM (1 child)
I was curious and I did some fact checking. Here is the New York Times analysis. [nytimes.com]
There's this argument that people don't talk anymore in this country. The thing is that half of this country is completely and utterly misinformed and not based on reality. Part of the reason is people like the parent spreading bullshit.
And this Clinton hate is mostly made up. They're not saints, but most of the shit said about them is just that, shit created by liars - like the parent.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @08:45PM
The parent said Saudi Arabia is one of the Clinton Foundations largest donors. Here is Saudi Arabia high on your list:
Hilarious, is that the same half that "fact checks" but misses the 11th item in a list? I have to think this is more false flagging by pro-Trump people to make his opponents look like morons.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @07:46PM
I just got this link - Youtube, but it's a One American News report on the emails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w255PvXmb60 [youtube.com]
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @10:42AM (11 children)
Why should she when she's already using a private server run by the Kushner family corporation, and she's used a private RNC server (same ones that lost the 22 million Bush emails).
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @10:54AM (10 children)
Citations needed. Does Ivanka use the Kueshner servers for official business, or are you just presuming that she does?
(Score: 4, Touché) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Thursday November 22 2018, @12:21PM (9 children)
> Ethics officials uncovered hundreds of emails sent by a domain Trump shares with her husband Jared Kushner, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/20/ivanka-trump-emails-senior-democrat-investigation-personal-use [theguardian.com]
LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @01:36PM (7 children)
As stated above, she did wrong, and deserves some punishment. Gubbermint needs to sort those emails, and see if any of it is really bad. For the most part, it appears the emails are relatively innocent - she says she sent emails to coordinate her kid's coming and goings, and stuff like that. I am not sure that such things are illegal, or if they should be illegal. So, gubbermint checks out what's on the server, decide whether she needs a stern talking to, a spanking, or a real flogging. Lock her up? Phhhht - probably not. It all depends on what's found there.
(Score: 3, Funny) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Thursday November 22 2018, @01:49PM
LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @05:49PM (2 children)
Does it hurt having only half a brain?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @06:45PM (1 child)
I can't feel for you, so I can't tell you whether it hurts.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @07:29PM
Well at the very least you can check yourself for colon cancer while you're up there.
Seriously, you must be the most dedicated Russian troll, or your family really hates you.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @08:24PM (2 children)
So she claims. I cannot think of a single instance that any member of the Trump family has told the truth when confronted with a wrongdoing. Her lawyers said they reviewed the emails and there's nothing to see ... but I think the FBI should review each and every email, and all of the logs to ensure that no emails went missing (to be found with the Lockness Monster and daddy Trump's tax returns).
I'm no fan of the Clintons, but the Trumps appear to be even less trustworthy.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @08:31PM (1 child)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w255PvXmb60 [youtube.com]
Less trustworthy than the Clintons? To date, we haven't seen the Trumps accepting millions of dollar to approve of the sale of fissionable materials to Russia. Or, more accurately, accepting millions of dollars to take no notice of said sale.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @09:36PM
EMAILS! CLINTONS!
You realize there are other corrupt politicians you could focus on right? For all the "TDS" accusations here it is pretty amusing how crazy you get for anything Clinton and it is hardly even on topic!
No matter how tirelessly you work Putin won't make you his butt-buddy.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 22 2018, @07:47PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w255PvXmb60 [youtube.com]
(Score: 4, Interesting) by RandomFactor on Thursday November 22 2018, @02:01PM (8 children)
Rookie mistake that shouldn't have happened early in the administration. Quite possibly she should be fired out of principle, but doubt that will happen as it is an obvious special case.
Not that we won't likely see this compared endlessly, but there are clear differences that make Hillary's actions far more troubling.
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Hillary set up her own long term shadow IT infrastructure for classified emails, specifically to avoid federal law. When discovered, she subsequently engaged in intentional spoliation of evidence by bleachbit-ing the server into noise.
Ivanka used a commercial email account for logistics and scheduling very early in the administration and stopped in short order. Conversely, if the government tells a Google or whoever to give them access to emails in an account for discovery, they get them.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @03:31PM (3 children)
Hillary set up her own long term shadow IT infrastructure for classified emails, specifically to avoid federal law.
And nothing bad happened because of it.
But if you want to make a big deal of it ...
Trump is using his personal phone for his business as POTUS, his entire administration is skirting the law and Hilary is NOT the President.
Do you understand?
Ivanka is actually part of the CURRENT Administration. Do you understand?
Do you understand that your outrage over Clinton was manufactured? Do you understand that you have been manipulated like the sheeperson that you are?
I live in a country that is mostly populated by sheep - and the parent and most of you are in that category.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @04:38PM (2 children)
Nothing bad? Our beloved anonymous sources say otherwise: https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/27/china-hacked-clinton-server/ [dailycaller.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @08:30PM (1 child)
The Daily Caller? Aren't they the same people who promoted false reports about a Clinton-run child trafficking ring operating out of the basement of a pizza place that didn't have a basement? If they said it was hot outside during the Summer I would still need to check a reliable source.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @08:48PM
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4740875/gohmert-strzok [c-span.org]
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Thursday November 22 2018, @03:45PM (3 children)
> Ivanka used a commercial email account for logistics and scheduling very early in the administration and stopped in short order.
Well that's clearly bullshit as well. If the contents of these emails are already known, why the hell is the House Oversight Committee (re)opening a bipartisan investigation1 into Ivanks and Jared, specifically to find out what was in the emails? ( https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/20/ivanka-trump-email-investigation-cummings-1008233 [politico.com] )
1 After the Republicans shut down the initial investigation, because, ummm... wholly legitimate reasons, I'm sure.
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Thursday November 22 2018, @06:05PM (2 children)
What do you think Democrats would NOT call for investigating in they way of activities of members of the current administration?
Just curious.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 22 2018, @09:26PM
My guess is that we will be finding out when the new congress is seated n January. Wonder if Trump's face will not be orange when he is sitting in front of a house investigation committee but a bright red. Ha Ha
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Friday November 23 2018, @11:36AM
You appear to have missed the word BIPARTISAN in my post above.
You're welcome.