National Archives probes Wilbur Ross' use of private email

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: Politico

The National Archives and Records Administration has launched an investigation into Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ use of private email for official business, according to a letter made public this week.

The inquiry was triggered by an unflattering profile of Ross last month in the Washington Post, which cited government-related emails the watchdog group Democracy Forward received from Ross’ private account. The group obtained the messages through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

“The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has become aware of a potential unauthorized disposition of U.S. Department of Commerce records,” Archives official Laurence Brewer wrote in an Oct. 9 letter to Jennifer Jessup, who serves as Commerce’s Chief Information Officer.

Brewer, who holds the title of Chief Records Officer of the U.S. Government, cited the Washington Post article and noted that it asserted that Ross “used personal email for official business.”


Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/24/wilbur-ross-private-email-national-archives-056287

[Jirel]

1. But his emails!!!

* GOP crickets *

[moose65]

4. LOL

My first thoughts exactly. Of course, the GOP will demand an investigation, right?? RIGHT?? Anyone?? Is this thing on??!1111!??

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. People think Ross is sleepy, but has a key role w money connex via Cyprus to Russia & Deutsche Bank.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Agree agree agree

There's lots of money flow involved in these international oligarch connections. Banks, real estate, energy, politics, tax havens, sovereign funds, and on and on.

There's a visible structure, a legal structure, an historic structure, and a shadow structure.

Deutsche Bank, for example, you cannot find out much about its history prior to the post-War period. Nazi loot was stored somewhere, and it didn't evaporate. It was left to someone or something.