Attorney General Eric Holder has used three secret email accounts with three separate pseudonyms during his time at the Justice Department.
So much for the most transparent administration.
DOJ spokesman Brian Fallon said in an email, coincidentally, that even though he used secretive email accounts all of Holder’s emails are preserved on the agency’s email system.
“Meaning while his email address is not [email protected], it is still preserved for recordkeeping, etc, because it is a DOJ account,” he said, according to the Los Angeles Times.
According to Fallon the practice of using email aliases is not uncommon among top government officials.
“As with many Cabinet officials, he does not use his given name in the handle of his email address,” he said. “This practice is similar to using initials or numbers in an email address and helps guard against security risks and prevent his inbox from being needlessly inundated.”
Fallon confirmed two of Holder’s previous pen names as Henry Yearwood and David Kendricks.
The first is a mix of his mother’s maiden name and another family member’s first name while the latter is a mix of Temptations members David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks, according to the Huffington Post. (The convoluted formula led one Twitter user to ask “what is his porn name?”)
He also said the aliases did not conflict with Freedom of Information Act requests.
“The attorney general’s email address is known to the people who process Freedom of Information Act requests and his emails are regularly produced, albeit with his exact address redacted,” he said.
Twitter users reacted with a combination of suspicion and mockery.
Eric Holder uses email aliases, but DOJ claims it isn’t a transparency dodge http://t.co/sRnrqAqSyM
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 10, 2015
@ryanjreilly @AsheSchow What is his “porn” name?
— 2BarkingWesties (@2BarkingWesties) March 10, 2015
@ryanjreilly @ColbyItkowitz were all these aliases turned over as part of fast and furious investigation? Hmm more questions than answers.
— Carol McIlwain (@carolfoxlover) March 10, 2015
@EricHolder a LOW LIFE SCUM! Confirmed EricHolderAlsoHad Secret PersonalEmailAddressesDOJSays http://t.co/V5MeKqYOas
— kathie (@railgirl1952) March 11, 2015
@DeptofDefense Holder uses 3 private emails for gov’t business, but says ‘trust me, I kept them all’ http://t.co/KdErgtlbqI #RedNationRising
— John Wayne (@John_Wayne1111) March 11, 2015
#Holder Used Secret #Email Address, Too – Breitbart http://t.co/LLR4sXcoKG :: “Most transparent Administration ever!”
— Pnhndlgrl (@Pnhndlgrl) March 11, 2015
And now we find Eric Holder used secret email addresses. What are these people trying to hide from us? http://t.co/wia5DAgqSi
— Kevin (@Chug_A_Lugg) March 11, 2015
@DRUDGE_REPORT Yet the regime is happy to throw Chuck Hagel under the bus for his gmail. We are run by idiots , rouges and thieves.
— Rusty Hooks (@RustyHook2) March 10, 2015
@DRUDGE_REPORT It will take decades to uncover what Obama WH & agencies have done that is corrupt.
— maga (@magacaroljean) March 10, 2015
@DRUDGE_REPORT We’re supposed to ignore the man behind the curtain and marvel at the great Wizard of 0!
— Thomas Neal (@ThomasNeal14) March 10, 2015
@DRUDGE_REPORT of course he did. They are all pretty much lying scum bags, (only looking out for poor us).
— Larry Pim (@larry8061) March 10, 2015
@DRUDGE_REPORT I think entire Obama admin had secret emails
— Homer Jones (@jerb796) March 10, 2015
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