Waxman Sets Friday Deadline For RNC Emails

House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) set a Friday deadline for the Republican National Committee to identify the "roughly 50" White House officials who held RNC email accounts for an ongoing investigation into possible violations of the Presidential Records Act by current and former administration officials.

In a pointed letter to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, Waxman complained, "Despite several requests, the RNC has not provided details about the number of RNC emails sent or received by White House officiaisl. This is elementary information that should already have been provided to the committee."

This investigation stems from a separate probe into potential violations of the Hatch Act by administration political appointees who attended political briefings earlier this year in a federal facility on government time.