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US Senators Ask White House About Release of Citizens' Identifying Information

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A group of US senators in a letter to White House Counsel Don McGhan requested additional information on the administration's decision to release emails that had personal information from US citizens.

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — "We write to express concern and seek information related to the decision made by the White House to publish emails containing personal information of citizens that wrote to the President’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity," the letter said on Monday.

On July 13, the White House made public more than 100 pages of emails related to the voter fraud investigation. The names, phone numbers and addresses of senders were not redacted.

The senators — Sherrod Brown, Dianne Feinstein, and Ron Wyden — argued that the disclosure showed "a lack of sensitivity to and simple disregard" for concerns expressed in the correspondence to the Election Commission.

In the letter, they demanded answers about the administration's policy for publishing personal information contained in communications to the White House and whether citizens who were affected by the decision have received any public notice prior to the release. Moreover, the senators asked whether there were any guarantees future comments from citizens would be protected.

On May 11, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to establish an Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, and ordered the commission to issue a report laying out the vulnerabilities in voting systems and other practices that could lead to fraudulent voter registration or voting.

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