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04-04-2007, 02:49 PM
Waxman Requests RNC Emails
By Paul Kiel - April 4, 2007, 12:41 PM
The House's chief sleuth, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), continues to press the administration and the Republican National Committee.
Today, in a letter to the RNC's chairman, he asked for emails "that relate to the use of federal agencies and federal resources for partisan political purposes."
It's just the latest move in Waxman's investigation into the use of RNC email addresses by White House personnel, a practice that some charge ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) violates the Presidential Records Act. Last week, Waxman asked ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) the RNC not to destroy any such emails and asked White House counsel Fred Fielding what the administration's email policies were.
Today, Waxman's letter seeks any communications by White House personnel concerning political presentations at government agencies. A hearing last week revealed ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) that Karl Rove's deputy Scott Jennings had given a PowerPoint presentation on Republican political prospects at the General Services Administration. He organized the briefing using a gwb43.com address -- the domain belongs to the RNC. Jennings used the same address when corresponding with Justice Department official Kyle Sampson about the U.S. attorney firings.
Waxman wants to know where else Jennings or others' in Rove's office gave such presentations -- a potential violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits using government resources for political ends -- and wants any emails that might be related.
The full letter is at this link.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
By Paul Kiel - April 4, 2007, 12:41 PM
The House's chief sleuth, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), continues to press the administration and the Republican National Committee.
Today, in a letter to the RNC's chairman, he asked for emails "that relate to the use of federal agencies and federal resources for partisan political purposes."
It's just the latest move in Waxman's investigation into the use of RNC email addresses by White House personnel, a practice that some charge ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) violates the Presidential Records Act. Last week, Waxman asked ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) the RNC not to destroy any such emails and asked White House counsel Fred Fielding what the administration's email policies were.
Today, Waxman's letter seeks any communications by White House personnel concerning political presentations at government agencies. A hearing last week revealed ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) that Karl Rove's deputy Scott Jennings had given a PowerPoint presentation on Republican political prospects at the General Services Administration. He organized the briefing using a gwb43.com address -- the domain belongs to the RNC. Jennings used the same address when corresponding with Justice Department official Kyle Sampson about the U.S. attorney firings.
Waxman wants to know where else Jennings or others' in Rove's office gave such presentations -- a potential violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits using government resources for political ends -- and wants any emails that might be related.
The full letter is at this link.
[Only registered and activated users can see links]