Bush aides may have circumvented records act

By Klaus Marre, The Hill

The destruction of e-mails from top White House officials “could be the most serious breach of the Presidential Records Act in the 30-year history of the law,” according to an interim report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

The committee is investigating the use of non-White House e-mail accounts issued to senior staffers and whether these violate the Presidential Records Act. According to the interim report, which was released Monday, there is “evidence of potentially extensive violations” of the law.

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