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Maryam Khanum

Mike Waltz's Gmail Account Use Called Out for Similarities to Hillary Clinton's Email Scandal: 'Now the GOP is Real Quiet'

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz's email usage has drawn ire from social media users after it was reported that the Trump administration cabinet member carried out official government business over unsecured email accounts after criticizing Hillary Clinton for a similar offense. (Credit: The Brookings Institute ; Win McNamee/Getty Images)

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz's email usage has drawn ire from social media users after it was reported that the Trump administration cabinet member carried out official government business over unsecured email accounts despite criticizing Hillary Clinton for a similar offense.

Gmail, the email service Waltz had reportedly been using for official business, is much less secure than the Signal messaging app, the platform upon which several of the Trump administration's senior staff members discussed sensitive attack plans set to be carried out in Yemen and were exposed for doing so by an journalist mistakenly added to the group chat, according to The Washington Post.

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