A letter from the House oversight committee's chairman alleges that Trump administration staff used personal email to discuss transferring sensitive nuclear technology to the Saudis.
Representative Elijah Cummings said Thursday the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform had obtained documents showing that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and former Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland discussed transferring sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, according to a letter released publicly.
Cummings also wrote that the House committee, which he chairs, had obtained documents that appeared to show Bannon received messages to his personal email from Barrack about the technology transfer. Steve Bannon, former adviser to White House chief strategist, arrives at a House intelligence committee closed-door meeting on January 16. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
In February, a House oversight committee report alleged that national security adviser Michael Flynn pushed a plan to sell technology for nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia, which led to concerns on the part of ethics officials. The letter was full of items that made news Thursday, including a claim that Abbe Lowell, a lawyer to White House adviser Jared Kushner, said that Kushner "has used—and continues to use—WhatsApp as part of his official duties in the White House.
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