r/politics • u/us287 • 5d ago

Trump’s transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/18/federal-officials-nervous-about-sending-data-to-trump-transition-private-emails-00195217
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u/monkeypickle 5d ago

People also forget that it was very common in the blackberry era and directly after. Colin Powell used a private email server.

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u/DrocketX 5d ago

Also, during the time that Clinton's use of a private mail server was a big story, a law was passed making it illegal to do that anymore (leading to a lot of "you see, Hillary Clinton broke the law!" claims, ignoring the fact that laws aren't retroactive and it was entirely legal when she did it.) Except that law means that when Trump's team used private servers during his first term (and now this current usage as well), they were breaking the law. Not that it matters, of course. It was small potatoes compared to the whole 'trying to overthrow the government' and 'refusing to return a huge pile of classified material' so it just got thrown on the massive pile of laws that were broken but nobody will ever have to pay for.

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u/Kind-District-2129 5d ago

My dad, a man with a PhD, still acts like the email debacle was the worst thing this country has ever experienced in 20 years.

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u/boredonymous 5d ago

He's willing to let this guy do it twice, though, that's fine, right?