September 25, 2017

Oh, come on, Ted Lieu. Chant "lock him up" at least a couple times.

Politico, aka Tiger Beat on the Potomac (h/t Charlie Pierce), broke the story:

Presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner has corresponded with other administration officials about White House matters through a private email account set up during the transition last December, part of a larger pattern of Trump administration aides using personal email accounts for government business.

The decision to set up new, private accounts as Kushner was preparing to enter the White House came in the wake of a bitter election campaign in which Trump routinely excoriated his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for using a personal email account to handle government business when she was secretary of state.

Kushner's representatives declined to detail the server or security measures on it.

This would not be nearly the story it is were it not for the overwhelming attacks on Hillary Clinton for doing the same damn thing.

And here's two more very important points.

This story will pass along with the next outrageous Donald J. Trump tweet embarrassment. The White House is full of crooks, liars, and hypocrites.

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