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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Meadows used his own cellphone, 2 personal Gmail accounts, and Signal for official White House
business, January 6 committee saysMark Meadows, President Donald Trump's final chief of staff, used a personal cellphone, two personal Gmail accounts, and a Signal account for official government business, a report released on Sunday by the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot said.
The committee released a 51-page report detailing why it should hold Meadows in criminal contempt for defying its subpoena and cited a slew of documents Meadows turned over to the panel when he was cooperating with the inquiry. The bipartisan committee is expected to vote on the contempt charge on Monday night.
The panel wrote that Meadows, who served as chief of staff from March 2020 to the end of Trump's term, used his own cellphone and two personal email accounts to communicate about "official business related to his service as White House chief of staff." He also sent messages through Signal, an encrypted-messaging app, the report said.
Government officials are required to use government-issued accounts and devices to communicate about their work or forward any private messages to their government accounts for public transparency and accountability purposes.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mark-meadows-used-own-cell-171337739.html
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Mark Meadows used his own cellphone, 2 personal Gmail accounts, and Signal for official White House (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Dec 2021
OP
I remember R's being up in arms about Hillary using her personal email acct occasionally
elias7
Dec 2021
#3
Sedition conspiracy making is hard work and secrecy is needed. Bet media is all over this too!
Alexander Of Assyria
Dec 2021
#4
He used an encrypted Signal account instead of a secure government-issued device...
keep_left
Dec 2021
#8
dalton99a
(93,972 posts)1. Yep.
tanyev
(49,202 posts)2. Ooh, let me guess, this was the avatar for the Signal account?

elias7
(4,229 posts)3. I remember R's being up in arms about Hillary using her personal email acct occasionally
Diamond_Dog
(40,449 posts)6. They crucified her for it
Then it came out Ivanka used a personal email account for official govt. business and pubs never uttered a peep
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)14. But they were unified and screamed bloody murder constantly
and in unison. Maybe that's what we are missing? We don't stay on an offense long enough and loud enough?
lees1975
(7,030 posts)19. That's exactly right
they need to be cranking this out 24-7
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)4. Sedition conspiracy making is hard work and secrecy is needed. Bet media is all over this too!
Wounded Bear
(64,249 posts)5. The whole administration was doing that...
GoodRaisin
(10,869 posts)7. Lock Him Up!
keep_left
(3,209 posts)8. He used an encrypted Signal account instead of a secure government-issued device...
...because, guess what? The NSA has the encryption keys to government communications equipment. You're supposed to be keeping things secret from our enemies, not from the government you serve!
crickets
(26,168 posts)16. Interesting point about Signal. nt
Dan
(5,143 posts)17. Make the case that he was communicating with Russia!
Let him disapprove it ..smile. Because no matter what he says, he is still beating his wife (old saying).
fierywoman
(8,575 posts)9. LOCK. HIM. UP. and all the rest of them.
spanone
(141,459 posts)10. Well, you don't want to plot the coup so the government you're overthrowing can listen, do you?
Takket
(23,689 posts)11. but her e-mails...
RevBrotherThomas
(856 posts)21. DAMN...
You beat me to it.
Irish_Dem
(81,075 posts)12. Trump's White House must have been a security nightmare.
aggiesal
(10,759 posts)13. What no burn phone? ...
I'll bet that a future report will show that Meadows used a burn phone to communicate to the 1/6 groups at the Capitol.
AllyCat
(18,796 posts)15. Butter emails!!!!
IronLionZion
(51,172 posts)18. Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee

Johnny2X2X
(24,149 posts)20. Buttery Males!!!
They don't even care about hypocrisy.