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Ivanka Trump, the US President's daughter and a top
White House adviser, sent hundreds of emails about government business
from a personal email account last year, The Washington Post has
reported.
Key points:
- Ms Trump's emails violated public record rules, the Washington Post reports
- A spokesman for Ms Trump's lawyer does not dispute the report
- Donald Trump labelled Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary" for using a private email server
The emails were sent to White House aides, Cabinet members and Ms Trump's assistants, many in violation of public records rules, the paper said.
Donald Trump mercilessly criticised his 2016 Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, for using a private email server during her time as secretary of state, labelling her "Crooked Hillary" and saying she belonged in jail.
The White House did not immediately respond to questions about Ms Trump's email use, but a spokesman for her lawyer, Abbe Lowell, did not dispute the report.
"While transitioning into government … Ms Trump sometimes used her private account, almost always for logistics and scheduling concerning her family," spokesman Peter Mirijanian said.
Mr Mirijanian stressed no classified information was transmitted in the messages, no emails were deleted, and the emails had since been "retained" in conformity with records laws.
"When concerns were raised in the press 14 months ago, Ms Trump reviewed and verified her email use with White House Counsel and explained the issue to congressional leaders," he said.
The discovery was prompted by public records requests from liberal watchdog group American Oversight.
The group's executive director, Austin Evers, said in a statement: "The President's family is not above the law."
He called on Congress to investigate.
"For more than two years, Mr Trump and senior leaders in Congress have made it very clear they view the use of personal email servers for government business to be a serious offence that demands investigation and even prosecution, and we expect the same standard will be applied in this case," he said.The emails the group uncovered include correspondence between Ms Trump and small business administrator Linda McMahon and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
AP
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