Mike Pence tweeted that the publication "violat[ed] her privacy and our security." | Getty Pence tangles with Associated Press for publishing wife's email address

Vice President Mike Pence is in his own fight with a pillar of the establishment media, tweeting a letter he sent to The Associated Press after the organization published his wife's private email address in a story this week.

The Pences' private email addresses were published Friday within 29 pages of old AOL emails uncovered by the Indianapolis Star through an open records request as part of an in-depth report that revealed that the former governor used a private email account that appeared to sidestep public records laws.


On Saturday, Pence tweeted that the publication "violat[ed] her privacy and our security." He followed up with a second tweet that included an image of a letter his attorney sent to the AP requesting his wife's email address be redacted from the story and demanding a public apology.

"The publication of Mrs. Pence's active private email address to millions of your readers has subjected her to vitriolic and malicious emails and raised serious security concerns," writes Mark Paoletta, counsel to the vice president. "The Associated Press should have done a proper inquiry into the status of Mrs. Pence's personal email account before publishing it."

Lauren Easton, a spokeswoman for The Associated Press, said, "AP removed the email address from subsequent stories after learning Mrs. Pence still used the account. The AP stands by its story, which addresses important transparency issues."

According to Pence's letter, the organization "was unwilling" to redact the email from the story.

Ironically, Pence and President Donald Trump were the beneficiaries of thousands of leaked private emails sent by Hillary Clinton and her top campaign adviser, John Podesta, during last year's campaign as they excoriated her use of a private email account while conducting official government business.