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Pence Used Private Email for Public Business as Governor

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By Michael Shepard, Michael Sin, and Justin Sink

March 3, 2017 at 6:32 AM UTC

Updated on

March 3, 2017 at 6:12 PM UTC

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence regularly used personal email to conduct public business while serving as governor of Indiana, his office acknowledged in a statement Friday.

"Similar to previous governors, during his time as Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence maintained a state email account and a personal email account," Marc Lotter, the vice president’s press secretary, said in an email.