Vice-President of the United States used personal email for business purposes – media
Vice-President Mike Pence, occupying the post of Governor of the state of Indiana used for business purposes personal emailthat was hacked in the summer.
This was reported by the Indianapolis Star.
According to the publication, the Pens discussed with his advisers with the help of personal mail a wide range of topics, including security issues. In a letter to chief adviser Pence for security gave him the information the FBI regarding the arrest of several terrorism suspects.
In the summer of 2016 Inbox Pence has been hijacked, Radoslava on his behalf a false message that he was robbed during tours to the Philippines and took the money, credit cards and cell phone.
Pence was later forced to apologize to the recipients of the mailing and got himself another account.
The Indiana laws do not prohibit the officials to use for official purposes personal account. The press service of the Pence, commenting on this information, also stressed that Vice-President had not violated the law.
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Recall that in the USA the scandal of the presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton erupted in March 2015. It turned out that she was official correspondence from your personal email account when he held the post of Secretary of state. Earlier, Clinton herself claimed that she was deliberately not sent or received a secret message from his personal email address.