Pence sent Gov. email, over AOL. and Russia hacked him.

[dixiegrrrrl]

This info has been out there for a bit, but not sure how widely known it is.

Mike Pence regularly used an America Online email address during his time as Governor of Indiana, and he continued this practice after he became Donald Trump’s running mate. The Indy Star tried to access Pence’s emails under the Freedom of Information Act, and was given copies of some of them. According to the newspaper, Pence received one email from an adviser which included “an update from the FBI regarding the arrests of several men on federal terror-related charges.” But it gets much worse.

The Indy Star says it was told by new Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s office that some of Mike Pence’s private AOL emails couldn’t be publicly released because they contained information that was “confidential and too sensitive to release to the public.” These withheld emails must have included information that was even more sensitive than the details of an FBI briefing about terrorists, which was released. And then right around the time that Donald Trump was selecting Mike Pence as his running mate last summer, his AOL got hacked.

The Indy Star report simply says that Pence’s emails were hacked in the “summer” of 2016 and doesn’t offer a more firm date; we’ve asked them for a clarification. This is crucial because Pence became Trump’s running mate during the summer. Considering the larger circumstances of political emails having been hacked by Russia in this election, the most plausible explanation would be that Russia hacked Pence’s emails when he was coming into focus as the running mate, to see if they could find anything to compromise him on.

It’s also crucial to point out that Pence’s hacked emails were never released. This fits with the prevailing theory that Russia hacked the Democrats and released their emails to harm Hillary Clinton, but hacked the Republicans and held onto their emails as blackmail material in case they won. Startlingly, the Indy Star says that after Pence’s AOL emails got hacked, he simply began conducting government business on a second AOL email account.

http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/mike-pence-sent-confidential-government-info-via-private-aol-email-got-hacked-possibly-by-russia/1749/

[madaboutharry]

1. Lock him up!

We need hearings to get to the bottom of this.

[drm604]

2. K&R

[triron]

3. knr

[Doreen]

4. So, he is doing exactly what was part of what made

Hillary lose the presidency? Oh, and accused her of it and said she needed to go to prison. What a vile a-hole

[Beartracks]

5. More recs please.

Although.. "GOPer a Hypocrite" isn't that surprising a headline.

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[Lotusflower70]

6. Hmmm

I bet there is more on there than a recipe for risotto and talk about yoga class.