British Home Secretary Suella Braverman admitted on Monday that she sent official government documents to her personal email address six times, Reuters and Agerpres reported.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reappointed Braverman to lead London’s Home Office six days after she resigned from the previous Liz Truss government.

She then took responsibility for sending a government document to the personal e-mail of an employee of the parliamentarian’s office. She then made the excuse that she didn’t have a work phone, so she asked an assistant to send the document to her personal email.

Prime Minister Sunak’s first days were marked by controversy over the return of a compromised minister to the government.

Opposition parties and even some MPs from the ruling Conservative Party have expressed doubts that Braverman is suitable for the job.

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In a letter to the Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee on Monday, Braverman said that an audit by her ministry found six such incidents between September 6 and October 19, when documents were sent to her personal email address.

She claimed she sent the documents so she could read them during government video conferences and phone interviews.

However, none of the documents raised national security issues and did not relate to intelligence services or IT security, she insisted.

“The audit confirmed that all of these cases occurred under conditions where we held meetings at the Department of the Interior virtually or in connection with public relations to conduct interviews,” Braverman said.

“Some of these meetings were hastily organized in response to urgent operational issues related to the priorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,” she explained.

Question marks over Braverman’s version of events

The revelation casts doubt on Braverman’s claim in Truss’ Oct. 19 resignation letter that he personally notified the civil service chief about the confidential document being sent from his personal phone.

She claimed that as soon as she realized the mistake, she “quickly” reported it through “official channels”.

The chronology of events seems to contradict this, according to Reuters. According to the letter, she officially reported the error just hours later.

The agency appreciates that the new information provided Monday by Braverman raises concerns about a violation of ministerial regulations.