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brooklynite

(94,499 posts)
Tue May 21, 2019, 10:03 AM May 2019

Betsy DeVos Used Private Email For Official Business In 'Limited' Cases

Source: Huffington Post

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has on occasion conducted government business through her personal email accounts, and she hasn’t always saved the messages properly, federal investigators said in a report released Monday.

According to the Education Department’s Office of Inspector General, the agency’s email system revealed a “limited” number of such communications that had been sent or received by DeVos’ personal accounts. These government-related messages had not been directed on to her department accounts, but did appear in the government accounts of other department staffers who were included on the emails.

In total, investigators found fewer than 100 such messages sent to or from DeVos’ four personal accounts between Jan. 20, 2017, and April 10, 2018.

“Most messages occurred during the first 6 months of 2017 and were from a single writer who was offering advice on potential candidates for Department positions,” the report read. Other messages were from individuals offering DeVos their congratulations on her confirmation to her new position along with advice.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/betsy-devos-private-email-government-business_n_5ce3274ae4b0e69c18f06151



Lock her up!
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Betsy DeVos Used Private Email For Official Business In 'Limited' Cases (Original Post) brooklynite May 2019 OP
Probably used a charter or private school computer. Funtatlaguy May 2019 #1
Sure. Limited. Where are the republicans demanding her emails (like HRC's?) as well as all of ... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #2
Y'know... jmowreader May 2019 #3
Lock her up! Yeehah May 2019 #4
Lets give her the "Clinton" treatment. Tie her up in useless Congressional Committee hearings ... marble falls May 2019 #5
But her emails! tclambert May 2019 #6

SWBTATTReg

(22,112 posts)
2. Sure. Limited. Where are the republicans demanding her emails (like HRC's?) as well as all of ...
Tue May 21, 2019, 11:51 AM
May 2019

those emails she's probably already deleted? The sarcasm and hypocrisy with these people is ridiculous, especially after how they treated HRC.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
3. Y'know...
Tue May 21, 2019, 01:09 PM
May 2019

Trump’s entire campaign against Hillary was based on her using nonofficial email servers. That Trump hasn’t fired DeVos for doing the same damn thing (plus the rest of his administration is doing it too) is something we can exploit next year.

marble falls

(57,075 posts)
5. Lets give her the "Clinton" treatment. Tie her up in useless Congressional Committee hearings ...
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:19 PM
May 2019

for two or three years done only to harass her and make sound bites for TV.

tclambert

(11,085 posts)
6. But her emails!
Tue May 21, 2019, 10:30 PM
May 2019

Wait, if it's a Republican it's OK, right? Ivanka didn't get locked up.

How can you question the morals of someone who owns ten yachts and two helicopters and who won't forgive the student loan debts of anyone?

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