White House in Violation of the Presidential Records Act

U.S. House of Representative investigators have learned that use of the RNC emails (by white house officials) is much more extensive than previously learned. Karl Rove personally sent over 140,000 emails from these accounts. And that the RNC has overseen the "extensive destruction" of emails including from all 51 White House official accounts.

For the last few months the Government Oversight Committee chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using and maintaing email accounts at the RNC and the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign for official White House communication (ostensibly to avoid scrutiny). Today's findings by investigators confirm the emails were used for official purposes such as communicating with federal agents about federal appointments. For more go to the wonderful site at Think Progress.