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Former VA Secretary Shulkin set up a private email address to discuss VA business with three Mar-a-Lago members. We filed a lawsuit with @DemocracyFwd against Secretary Wilkie for failing to preserve the emails as required by the Federal Records Act: democracyforward.org/lawsuits/ameri…
@DemocracyFwd The Federal Records Act requires that all agency records be preserved — including private emails discussing government business. In May, we sent a letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie demanding that he comply with the law. He has still failed to act: americanoversight.org/document/ameri…
@DemocracyFwd We've uncovered documents showing the high-level influence that the three Mar-a-Lago members have exercised at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA officials' use of personal email means there could be far more concerning examples: americanoversight.org/more-examples-…
@DemocracyFwd Members of the Trump administration have repeatedly used personal email for government business, apparently not having learned any lessons from the 2016 campaign. Veterans Affairs needs to holds itself accountable to public records laws.
