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Congress to probe Ivanka Trump’s private email use in WH

By CHAD DAY served according with fed-
Associated Press eral law.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Re- Gowdy is also asking the
publicans and Democrats White House to disclose
on Capitol Hill will be scru- whether any emails con-
tinizing Ivanka Trump’s per- tained sensitive or classified
sonal email use in the White information.
House in light of new rev- The action came the same
elations that she sent hun- day Rep. Elijah Cummings
dreds of messages about of Maryland, the likely in-
government business from coming chairman of the
that account last year. House Oversight panel,
On Tuesday, the Republi- said he would pressure
can chairmen of Senate Trump’s administration to
and House oversight com- turn over records about
mittees — as well as a top the use of private email for
House Democrat who will public business by Ivanka
be wielding a gavel when Trump, Kushner and other
his party takes power in senior officials.
January — called for the “My goal is to prevent this
White House to provide from happening again —
more information about not to turn this into a spec-
the email account and the tacle the way Republicans
nature of the messages In this Nov. 14, 2018, photo, Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, center, greets went after Hillary Clinton,”
President Donald Trump’s guests after President Donald Trump spoke about prison reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White Cummings said. “My main
daughter exchanged. House in Washington. Associated Press priority as Chairman will be
The moves renewed Re- to focus on the issues that
publican-led congressional keeping laws. net members and Ivanka Oversight and Govern- impact Americans in their
probes that had languished The issue resurfaced this Trump’s assistants, many in ment Reform committee, everyday lives.”
since last year when reports week when The Wash- violation of public records to send letters to the White In comments to report-
by Politico revealed that ington Post reported that rules, according to The House requesting a writ- ers, the president, who has
Ivanka Trump’s husband, the president’s daughter, Post. ten response and briefing. spent years railing against
Jared Kushner, and other while a top White House The report prompted Sen. They are asking for the Clinton’s use of private
White House officials had adviser, sent hundreds of Ron Johnson, who chairs White House to provide email for public business
been using private email emails about government the Senate Homeland Se- an accounting of the offi- while secretary of state,
for government purposes business from a personal curity and Governmental cial emails exchanged on sought to downplay — and
in possible violation of the email account last year. Affairs committee, and Ivanka Trump’s personal differentiate — his daugh-
Presidential Records Act The emails were sent to Rep. Trey Gowdy, the out- account and to certify that ter’s email use from his for-
and other federal record- White House aides, Cabi- going chair of the House the emails had been pre- mer opponent’s. q

Report: Trump wanted to prosecute Comey, Hillary Clinton

By ZEKE MILLER told the president he had influence over Justice De- what he saw as former At- action benefiting the foun-
Associated Press no authority to order such partment investigations. torney General Jeff Ses- dation that was approved
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- a prosecution, and he had Trump has continued to pri- sions’ reluctance to go af- when Clinton was secretary
dent Donald Trump told his White House lawyers pre- vately discuss the matter ter Clinton. Trump’s former of state. The FBI has been
counsel’s office last spring pare the memo arguing of prosecuting his longtime lawyer, John Dowd, urged investigating that matter.
that he wanted to pros- against such a move, The adversaries, including talk Deputy Attorney General Sessions, in March, told law-
ecute political adversaries Associated Press confirmed of a new special counsel Rod Rosenstein in a memo makers that he was not pre-
Hillary Clinton and former with a person familiar with to investigate both Clinton last year to investigate pared to appoint a coun-
FBI Director James Comey, the matter. McGahn said and Comey, the newspa- Comey and his handling sel to investigate the FBI
an idea that prompted that Trump could request per said, citing two people of the Clinton email inves- and potential political bias
White House lawyers to pre- such a probe but that even who had spoken to Trump tigation. Sessions last year there. The White House did
pare a memo warning of asking could lead to accu- about the matter. said he was directing se- not immediately respond
consequences ranging up sations of abuse of power, Trump has repeatedly and nior federal prosecutors to to a request for comment
to possible impeachment, the newspaper said. publicly called on the Jus- look into matters raised by on the report. McGahn’s
The New York Times report- Presidents typically go out tice Department to inves- House Republicans related lawyer, William Burck, also
ed Tuesday. of their way to avoid any tigate Clinton, and he has to the Clinton Foundation did not respond to a re-
Then-counsel Don McGahn appearance of exerting tweeted his dismay over and a uranium mine trans- quest for comment.q