Both. The more important of the two being that they're conducting government business through a private RNC server. This is EXACTLY what Clinton did, only the server isn't at home in Trump's bathroom to my knowledge.
For the curious, this isn't illegal, PROVIDED that they forward any emails concerning governmental business to the proper congressional officer for archiving. Clinton did not forward all relevant emails to that office, and that's what created that scandal. George W. Bush did the exact same thing and 'lost' 22 million emails by the end of his terms.
Now the Trump administration, who made improper use of emails a major point of contention during the election, who had members urging Hillary to be locked up or even shot for treason are taking the exact same route as her. It's so blatantly hypocritical to attack people for this kind of obvious avoidance of scrutiny and then immediately take the same route. There's no reason to use a private RNC email for official government business aside from slowing or hiding information from being archived.
Clinton's use of the server was actually not illegal or against any rules, but not turning over official emails to the proper office was illegal. It wasn't until she left the state department without doing that step that Clinton broke the law. However, if I had been the one to call her out on that, to be one of the sole voices pushing for the rule of law to be applied, the last thing I would do would be to take the steps that are visibly following in their footprints.
Trump's administration hasn't broken the law yet, and has quite some time before it risks it, but in the leadup to the election they banged the drum of just how wrong this practice was, and I find it disturbing to see them choosing to take that same path rather than show themselves as different and above such practices, which was how they portrayed themselves throughout the election.
It's just as easy to send an email through white house servers, and safer from hacking.
[–] ExLibris 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Both. The more important of the two being that they're conducting government business through a private RNC server. This is EXACTLY what Clinton did, only the server isn't at home in Trump's bathroom to my knowledge.
For the curious, this isn't illegal, PROVIDED that they forward any emails concerning governmental business to the proper congressional officer for archiving. Clinton did not forward all relevant emails to that office, and that's what created that scandal. George W. Bush did the exact same thing and 'lost' 22 million emails by the end of his terms.
Now the Trump administration, who made improper use of emails a major point of contention during the election, who had members urging Hillary to be locked up or even shot for treason are taking the exact same route as her. It's so blatantly hypocritical to attack people for this kind of obvious avoidance of scrutiny and then immediately take the same route. There's no reason to use a private RNC email for official government business aside from slowing or hiding information from being archived.
[–] Calgacus ago
Have they admitted that they are using RNC servers, or is it a fair assumption on our part?
[–] squarebush 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
How do you know that they are conducting official, CLASSIFIED business through their private servers? Where is the proof?
[–] [deleted] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
[–] ExLibris 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Clinton's use of the server was actually not illegal or against any rules, but not turning over official emails to the proper office was illegal. It wasn't until she left the state department without doing that step that Clinton broke the law. However, if I had been the one to call her out on that, to be one of the sole voices pushing for the rule of law to be applied, the last thing I would do would be to take the steps that are visibly following in their footprints.
Trump's administration hasn't broken the law yet, and has quite some time before it risks it, but in the leadup to the election they banged the drum of just how wrong this practice was, and I find it disturbing to see them choosing to take that same path rather than show themselves as different and above such practices, which was how they portrayed themselves throughout the election.
It's just as easy to send an email through white house servers, and safer from hacking.