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U.S. NEWS Monday 25 SepteMber 2017

Lawyer: Kushner used personal email for some WH messages

By ERIC TUCKER dential election. Trump have been preserved in
Associated Press repeatedly attacked any event.”
WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic opponent Politico first reported
— President Donald Hillary Clinton for setting Kushner’s use of a per-
Trump’s son-in-law, Jar- up a private email server sonal email account.
ed Kushner, used his as secretary of state, a Trump repeatedly ar-
personal email account decision that prompted gued during the cam-
on dozens of occasions an FBI investigation that paign that Clinton de-
to communicate with shadowed her for much served to be prosecuted
colleagues in the White of the campaign. for mishandling classified
House, his lawyer said In Kushner’s case, Low- information, frequently
Sunday. ell said, the emails to deriding her as “Crooked
Between January and and from his private ac- Hillary,” and has contin-
August, Kushner either count usually involved ued to suggest that even
received or responded “forwarded news articles after being elected pres-
to fewer than 100 emails or political commentary ident.
from White House officials and most often occurred Former FBI Director James
from his private account, when someone initi- Comey said that though
attorney Abbe Lowell ated the exchange by Clinton and her aides
said in a statement that sending an email to his were “extremely care-
confirmed Kushner’s use personal, rather than his less” in their handling of In this Sept. 12, 2017, file photo, White House Senior Adviser Jar-
of a personal address White House, address.” classified material, there ed Kushner listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a
in the first months of the The attorney said Kush- was no evidence that meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in the Cabi-
administration. ner, a key aide to Trump, anyone intended to net Room of the White House in Washington. Associated Press
The use of a private uses his White House ad- break the law, and he
email account to discuss dress to discuss White recommended against
government matters is House business and that criminal prosecution. At a political event in Al- by saying, “You’ve got
a politically freighted is- any non-personal emails The Justice Department abama on Friday, Trump to speak to (Attorney
sue that factored promi- were forwarded to his of- accepted that conclu- responded to supporter General) Jeff Sessions
nently in last year’s presi- ficial account and “all sion. chants of “lock her up” about that.”q