Thursday, June 21, 2007

There has been extensive destruction of the e-mails of White House officials by the RNC.

Monday, June 18, 2007 | Administration Oversight, White House Use of Private E-mail Accounts | The Use of RNC E-Mail Accounts by White House Officials

The Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney ‘04 campaign for official White House communications.
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The number of White House officials given RNC e-mail accounts is higher than previously disclosed. In March 2007 ... only a “handful of officials” had RNC e-mail accounts. ... In fact, the Committee has learned from the RNC that at least 88 White House officials had RNC e-mail accounts. ...

White House officials made extensive use of their RNC e-mail accounts. ...

There has been extensive destruction of the e-mails of White House officials by the RNC. Of the 88 White House officials who received RNC e-mail accounts, the RNC has preserved no e-mails for 51 officials. ... there are major gaps in the e-mail records of the 37 White House officials for whom the RNC did preserve e-mails. ....


There is evidence that the Office of White House Counsel under Alberto Gonzales may have known that White House officials were using RNC e-mail accounts for official business, but took no action to preserve these presidential records. ...

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