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Mike Pence blasted The Associated Press Saturday and demanded an apology for revealing his wifes email address in a story on the vice presidents use of his personal email account to conduct state business while he was Indiana governor.

Pence complained that releasing the address of his wife, Karen Pence, was violating her privacy and our security. He added in a tweet: When we requested they take it down, they refused. The @AP owes my wife an apology.

Pence also shared a letter from his lawyer Mark Paolettato APs CEO Gary Pruitt saying that Karen Pence has since been the target of vitriolic and malicious emails which hasraised serious security concerns.

The wire service did remove Karen Pences email address after learning that she still used the account. But it also issued a statement saying: The AP stands by its story, which addresses important transparency issues.

Both Pence and his wifes emails were published Friday in a story about the vice presidents bid to block access to emails he had written as governor. The article said that both email addresses were used to conduct official business back to 2013.

The Indianapolis Starhad reported the previous day that Pence routinely used his private email account to conduct state business, including dealing with sensitive matters like homeland security issues, FBI updates on arrests and terror attacks around the globe. The newspaper also revealed that his account had been hacked by a low-level scammer.

Pence has come under fire for the emails in the wake of Trump campaign blasts against Hillary Clinton for using a personal email server for messages while she was secretary of state. (Trump also notoriously announced the cell phone numberof then-rival Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) at a 2015 campaign speech.)

Pence, who also roundly criticized Clinton for her email set up, insisted there was no comparison whatsoever between the two of them. He said he did not handle classified information as Clinton did.

Its not a crime in Indiana for a governor to use personal email accounts for business, but its understood that those emails would be maintained aspublic records, according to the Indianapolis Star.

Pence has been fighting a lawsuit seeking to force him to release Indiana emails that the suit contends should be public record.

On Friday, Pences attorneys turned over an additional 13 boxes of email correspondence to the newspaper.

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Mike Pence Rips AP For Publishing His Wife's Email Address - Huffington Post