Pence Used Private Email as Indiana Governor

US Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account for matters of public business as governor of Indiana, the US media reported.

Emails obtained by that state's daily Indianapolis Star newspaper showed that Pence used the private account—which the paper said was hacked last summer—to at times discuss "sensitive matters" and "homeland security issues", AFP reported.

The Star, which obtained the emails in a public records request, said that in response to its investigation, the vice president's office confirmed that "Mike Pence maintained a state email account and a personal account".