Fehrnstrom said that “on its face this appears to be a violation of the law that all official communications be preserved.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney rebutted reporters asking about Messina’s emails yesterday.

“In an effort to comply with all the regulations pertaining to emails, he would forward emails to his White House account, copy his White House account so that those emails would be part of the presidential record,” Carney added declining to say if other aides engaged in this practice.