Trump may be violating federal record-keeping laws

Federal Times: House oversight leaders are raising concerns over potential violations of federal record-keeping laws after recent news reports of President Trump and various executive branch employees using unofficial email accounts, encrypting messages and deleting tweets.

In letters sent on March 8 to White House Counsel Don McGahn and 55 federal agencies, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and ranking member Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., questioned whether the president, vice president, White House officials and associated employees are conducting official business in “such a way as to preserve the official record of actions taken by the federal government and its employees.”

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