Very short diary, sorry.
The AP is reporting that the WH may have "mishandled" an undisclosed number of the e-mails that have been sought by Congress.
No surprise I guess...but still, this seems huge. An excerpt from the AP is below. Here's the link to the AP story:
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UPDATE: Here's a link to the federal records management page
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There's alot to explore here. Including criminal penalties.
WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday it had mishandled Republican Party-sponsored e-mail accounts used by nearly two dozen presidential aides, resulting in the loss of an undetermined number of e-mails concerning official White House business.
Congressional investigators looking into the administration's firing of eight federal prosecutors already had the nongovernmental e-mail accounts in their sights because some White House aides used them to help plan the U.S. attorneys' ouster. Democrats were questioning whether the use of the GOP-provided e-mail accounts was proof that the firings were political.
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[Stansel...WH guy) could not say what had been lost, and said the White House is working to recover as many as they can. The White House has now shut off employees' ability to delete e-mails on the separate accounts, and is briefing staffers on how to better make determinations about when and when not to use them, Stanzel said.