Posted on 03/04/2017 9:26:29 AM PST by ColdOne
A more apt comparison to Clinton would be to the newly elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee Tom Perez, who as a lawyer at President Obama's Department of Justice frequently used his personal email account to conduct agency business.
Congressional investigators found that Perez used his personal email account to conduct DOJ business 1,200 times since 2009, and the department conceded in a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that Perez had committed at least 34 violations of the Federal Records Act.
The investigation concluded that Perez "likely violated both the spirit and letter of the Federal Records Act."
Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.), who chaired the committee at the time of the investigation, issued a subpoena for the 1,200 emails, but his demand was ignored by Perez.
The investigation was sparked by a deal that Perez brokered at DOJ with the city of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Perez agreed to not participate in two whistleblower lawsuits against St. Paul that the Associated Press reported could have returned millions of dollars in damages to the federal government. In exchange, St. Paul Mayor Christopher Coleman withdrew a discrimination lawsuit that was heading to the Supreme Court.
The subpoena for Perez's personal emails was issued after investigators obtained an email that Perez sent to lawyers for St. Paul using his personal email account. Perez told investigators that he had no recollection of using his personal email to discuss the matter.
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Time for Perez to call foul on the Russians.
Well, that settles it.
His own party will call for an investigation.
Perez will have to step down and Ellison will move up.
Oh wait, these aren’t Republicans.
After the last 8 years investigators will be working overtime and hiring.
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