It can be hard to accept that Jared Kushner is actually a government official, but he’s genuinely slotted in as a White House “senior adviser.” Which means that Kushner has clearance. Which means that his electronic communications should be following those picky rules about the use of personal accounts.
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.
That “part of a larger pattern” shows how much Trump actually cares about this issue. While “Lock her up!” continues to be a popular chant at Trump rallies, no one ever seems to get to Why, Is there a reason they want to lock up Hillary Clinton? Maybe it was because she ...
Used both a private email account and an official email address to communicate with other government officials.
Oh wait. That’s Kushner. But that’s okay. Because Trump has a new hate-target.
Of course, America should continue to hate powerful women, but that doesn’t mean there’s not also room to hate successful black people.
It’s not like what Kushner did was that bad.
Similar to the timing of Clinton's establishment of her private email address and server as she was joining President Obama's administration, Politico reports that Kushner set up a private family domain as he and his family were moving into power in Washington.
In today's always-connected political world, the use of private or personal email — and, increasingly, of phone texts — is a thorny and largely unresolved issue. While senior officials are often obligated to preserve their communications for record-keeping and other purposes, many have acknowledged finding ways to get around the system, from former Secretary of State Colin Powell to dozens of former staff member at the Department of Homeland Security, including its former leader, Jeh Johnson.
But it was pretty much exactly as bad as what Hillary did. Except it will get 99.94 percent less attention.