Michael Waltz used private mail account for government emails

The fact that Hillary Clinton lost the election against Donald Trump in 2016 had various reasons. However, one of the main reasons was the email affair that the wife of the former President Bill Clinton stumbled. Shortly before the election, it was public that she used a private server as a foreign minister to send government emails.

Just a few days before the Americans went to the ballot boxes, the FBI announced that it would examine the affair. That on it for a few percentage points. The beneficiary who enjoyed the whole affair with relish: Donald Trump. that parts of the Trump government apparently use private mail accounts to exchange government information-especially the national security advisor Michael Waltz.

The fact that Waltz has his own understanding of security has been clear since then it became known that government members have discussed secret military information in a group of the Messenger app “Signal”. The group, to which a journalist was accidentally added, was founded by Michael Waltz.

The “Washington Post” has got an insight into documents that reproduce parts of Waltz’s mail traffic. The newspaper writes that one of the employees “Gmail” has used to exchange information about weapon technology and military positions in an “ongoing conflict” with colleagues from another government agency. “Gmail” is Google’s mail program. When it comes to security, there is always criticism of the software-of emails. “Signal” is considered to be much more secure.

Waltz also used “Gmail”, but for less sensitive information, writes the “Washington Post” and refers to government employees with whom she spoke. This information includes Waltz’s schedule.

A spokesman for the National Security Council, whose boss is Michael Waltz, said the “Washington Post” that he saw no evidence of the allegations. If Waltz receives emails from contacts that affect government transactions, he forwards them to his government address, since such emails would have to be archived for documentation. “Waltz did not send confidential information about an open account and he wouldn’t do it either,” said the spokesman.

When asked about the employee and the weapon technology, he only said that employees were instructed to use “only safe platforms for confidential information”.

According to the new reports, the air could still be even thinner for Michael Waltz. According to the “Washington Post”, Donald Trump wanted to fire him in the past week, but did not do it to give the “left -wing press” not to give a victory. At the “Signal” group, Trump did not bother that it existed and was used to discuss secret military plans, but that Waltz made the mistake of adding a journalist.