And while other senior officials had used personal email accounts for official business, including Colin Powell when he was secretary, the rules made clear by the time she became the nation’s top diplomat that using a private server for official business was neither allowed nor encouraged because of “significant security risks.”
Mrs. Clinton’s use of a private server was known by some officials beyond her closest aides, but no one in the State Department told her directly to use the department’s official email. When two officials in the record-keeping division raised concerns in 2010, their superior “instructed the staff never to speak of the secretary’s personal email system again,” the report said.
The report, as well as an F.B.I. investigation and other legal challenges seeking information about her emails, is certain to keep alive a controversy that has shadowed Mrs. Clinton’s campaign.
Mrs. Clinton and her aides have played down the inquiries, saying that she would cooperate with investigators to put the email issue behind her. Even so, she declined to be interviewed by the inspector general, Steve A. Linick, or his staff, as part of his review. So did several of her senior aides.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, a Democratic supporter of Mrs. Clinton’s, said the findings revealed “nothing new.” Representative Eliot L. Engel, Democrat of New York, who previously criticized the inspector general’s office as politicized, called the report a “hatchet job.” Mr. Trump, who has waged an often brutal attack on Mrs. Clinton’s character and honesty, said in a telephone interview that the findings reflected a pattern of dishonesty. “She’s always looking for an edge and always getting caught,” he
Mrs. Clinton’s use of a private server was known by some officials beyond her closest aides, but no one in the State Department told her directly to use the department’s official email. When two officials in the record-keeping division raised concerns in 2010, their superior “instructed the staff never to speak of the secretary’s personal email system again,” the report said.
The report, as well as an F.B.I. investigation and other legal challenges seeking information about her emails, is certain to keep alive a controversy that has shadowed Mrs. Clinton’s campaign.
Mrs. Clinton and her aides have played down the inquiries, saying that she would cooperate with investigators to put the email issue behind her. Even so, she declined to be interviewed by the inspector general, Steve A. Linick, or his staff, as part of his review. So did several of her senior aides.
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State Department Discusses Clinton Email
A State Department official said that although using a personal email account to conduct business, …show more content…
Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, a Democratic supporter of Mrs. Clinton’s, said the findings revealed “nothing new.” Representative Eliot L. Engel, Democrat of New York, who previously criticized the inspector general’s office as politicized, called the report a “hatchet job.” Mr. Trump, who has waged an often brutal attack on Mrs. Clinton’s character and honesty, said in a telephone interview that the findings reflected a pattern of dishonesty. “She’s always looking for an edge and always getting caught,” he