Rep.
Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) sent a letter to the White House Tuesday asking for information on
Ivanka Trump's usage of her personal email to discuss government business.
Gowdy, chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, requested that White House chief of staff
John Kelly provide information on the basis that using that email "implicate
the Presidential Records Act and other security and recordkeeping requirements."
The letter also set a Dec. 5 deadline for a response to the inquiry and asked that the Committee be kept up to date on the internal White House investigation on recordkeeping, including any findings related to Ivanka's email usage.
The Washington Post first reported early Tuesday that Ivanka sent hundreds of emails about White House business and her official schedule to administration aides, Cabinet officials and her personal assistants during 2017.
President Trump dismissed the story as "fake news," despite making a similar potential violation by Hillary Clinton a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign.