Clinton attempted to “clarify and explain” a recent statement on “Fox News Sunday” that FBI Director James Comey had said her answers about her emails practices were “truthful”.
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Clinton went on to repeat that she “never sent or received” classified information on her private email server – a statement that is inconsistent with Comey’s testimony on Capitol Hill.
All of the “Big Three” fact-checkers acknowledged the substance of the exchange to some degree, but either downplayed or outright lid about it. Politifact said Comey called the markings “insufficient”, when what he actually did was reply “no” when asked if any of the emails were “properly marked” as classified. On Fox News Sunday, Clinton had been asked about her public statements that “there is no classified materials” among the emails she sent and received using a personal email account and server while she was secretary of State. On her claim that she used one device, Comey said, “She used multiple devices”.
More than seven months since her last formal press conference, the former secretary of State addressed a room full of journalists and took a few questions. Those six words from FBI Director James Comey contain the key to Hillary’s veracity on her emails.
In making his recommendation that no charges be brought against Clinton, Comey had said Clinton and her colleagues “were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information … and should have known that an unclassified system was no place for” the kinds of conversations that took place in those 110 emails.
Clinton said she had meant to point to Comey’s statement that FBI investigators found her to be forthcoming and cooperative during their sit-down with her. Comey, however, said Clinton’s past statements about never sending or receiving classified material were not accurate because investigators found several emails that did contain classified information, though it was not labeled properly, meaning Clinton may have not realized she had received it.
Trump’s campaign jumped on the comments nearly immediately, cutting an attack ad featuring Clinton’s “short-circuited” remarks and releasing the video on Facebook later that evening.
At the top of her answer, she said that using two emails accounts was a “mistake”.
Rather than have frequent contact with reporters, Clinton’s campaign has opted for sit-down interviews – a setting that her aides believe she is more comfortable in.
It was typical of Clinton: Not only were her initial statements misleading, so was her attempt to explain those statements.
It probably won’t as even with the continued lies of Hillary Rodham Clinton (can someone tell her to stop lying?) Donald J. Trump is such a dumpster fire, she is going to cruise to an easy Electoral College victory.
Comey: “There was classified material emailed”.
As I’ve argued previously, it’s patently obvious that Hillary told the truth based on the facts she knew at the time. Clinton said. “Just maybe, when I’m actually running for a job, there is a real benefit to those on the other side with trying to stir up as much trouble as possible”.
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HILLARY CLINTON: I never sent or received any material marked classified.
