Did Someone Say…EMAILS?

If only some attention had been paid to compliance with email server management best practices during the campaign, this wouldn’t have happened:

A day before she resigned as White House communications director, Hope Hicks told the House Intelligence Committee last week that one of her email accounts was hacked, according to people who were present for her testimony in the panel’s Russia probe.

Under relatively routine questioning from Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., about her correspondence, Hicks indicated that she could no longer access two accounts: one she used as a member of President Donald Trump’s campaign team and the other a personal account, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the closed meeting of the Intelligence Committee was supposed to remain private.

Hicks, who portrayed herself as not savvy in matters of technology, told lawmakers that one of the accounts was hacked, according to two sources who were in the room. It is unclear if Hicks was referring to the campaign or the personal account.

My guess is that the rest of the Trump White House has absolutely airtight information security, however. And, fortunately, I won’t have to guess: given that the issue is a matter of immense importance and extraordinary public interest, surely there will be wall-to-wall coverage of this issue.