Daughter of US president, Ivanka Trump, and top White House advisor, sent hundreds of emails about government business from a personal email last year.

Spokesperson for Ms Trump’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell did not dispute the report, saying that while transitioning into government a private account had been used, purely for logistics, and no emails had been deleted.

Donald Trump heavily criticised 2016 US election opponent Hillary Clinton for the use of a personal email,  saying she belonged in jail, coining the term ‘crooked Hillary”.