House panel votes to authorize subpoenas for all White House work communications
Last edited Thu Jul 25, 2019, 12:32 PM - Edit history (1)
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 Trumps 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
(12,155 posts)Im sure the minoritys position is, But what about Hillarys emails?!1!??!1
BumRushDaShow
(129,080 posts)meanwhile....
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)JudyM
(29,251 posts)FBaggins
(26,748 posts)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
(6,115 posts)Huge difference.
KPN
(15,646 posts)a specious demand.
ffr
(22,670 posts)Then law enforcement gonna arrest.
That's the way it works, honey.