Former White House legislative director Marc Short on Tuesday said that Ivanka Trump Ivana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpSpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report Trump, Biden vie for Minnesota Trump luxury properties have charged US government .1M since inauguration: report MORE's use of a personal email to conduct official White House business was "hypocritical" in the face of President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's criticism of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE for a similar issue.

Short, in an appearance on CNN's “New Day,” did say there were “important distinctions” to be made to show the difference in Trump's private emails and Clinton's server use but said Trump's use of a personal email still "looks bad" for the administration.

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"There are a couple of important distinctions to make. One is that Hillary Clinton did delete over 30,000 emails. She did have IT specialists come put a server in her home, and there was classified information as secretary of State that she put on there," Short said.

"What Ivanka and her lawyers have said is that there was no classified information, all of these emails have been handed back over to the federal government and put in for the federal records act," Short continued.

"So I think there are some important distinctions there but yes, it appears hypocritical and it looks bad, for sure," he added.

Short's comments come after The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump had sent "hundreds" of emails related to White House business from her personal account in 2017, a move that violates federal records rules.

A spokesman for her ethics counsel, Abbe Lowell, told the Post that no classified information was ever discussed on the account and that all emails had been preserved and returned to the government by law.

“While transitioning into government, after she was given an official account but until the White House provided her the same guidance they had given others who started before she did, Ms. Trump sometimes used her personal account, almost always for logistics and scheduling concerning her family,” the spokesman said.

Clinton was regularly targeted by President Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign over her use of a private email server at the State Department, for which the FBI later faulted her conduct as "extremely careless."