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Senior White House staff hold private Republican National Committee (RNC) email accounts, reports have said. Senior White House staff hold private Republican National Committee (RNC) email accounts, reports have said.
Donald Trump's top advisers Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer and Jared Kushner all have active accounts on the RNC server, according to Newsweek. Donald Trump's top advisers Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer and Jared Kushner all have active accounts on the on the private rnchq.org server, according to Newsweek.
It is not illegal for members of the President's administration to use separate political email accounts, which can be used to arrange party politics away from state business.It is not illegal for members of the President's administration to use separate political email accounts, which can be used to arrange party politics away from state business.
However, during the US election campaign, Mr Trump repeatedly said Hillary Clinton should be "locked up" for using a personal email account to handle classified information while she was Secretary of State. Engaging in political activity on Government time is illegal in the US under the Hatch Act, and some believe having multiple accounts can help effectively divide conversations. 
And in 2007, it was revealed members of the George W Bush administration used RNC accounts for official communications in a possible violation of transparency laws. However, during the US election campaign, Mr Trump repeatedly threatened to jail Hillary Clinton if he was elected President for her use of a personal email account to while she was Secretary of State.
A law passed in 2014 requires any messages sent by White House staff from a private account must copy in an official account or be forwarded to an official account within 20 days. According to a poll released ahead of the election, the scandal dominated what Americans had heard about Ms Clinton. 
In 2007, it was revealed members of the George W Bush administration used RNC accounts for official communications, in a possible violation of transparency laws.
Between 2003 and 2009, the Bush administration was accused of violating the Presidential Records Act after it reportedly “lost” 22 million emails. 
However, the correspondence was later recovered on "back-up tapes" and the Obama Administration reportedly reached a settlement with two watchdog groups who had sued to obtain the email, CNN reported in 2009. 
In 2014, the "Disclosure Requirement for Official Business Conducted Using Electronic Messaging Accounts" law was passed, which states any messages sent by White House staff from a private account must copy in an official account or be forwarded to an official account within 20 days.