When the FBI released its notes on its investigation into Hillary’s use of a private email server on Friday it was discovered that she received an email from a State Department official that included a suspicious link, LawNewz reported.
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The documents that the FBI released pertain to its investigation of Clinton’s use of the server while she was secretary of state.
“If these materials are going to be shared outside the Justice Department, they should be released widely so that the public can see them for themselves, rather than allow Republicans to mischaracterize them through selective, partisan leaks”, Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Clinton’s campaign said in a statement at the time.
FBI Director James Comey said in July that the government found no evidence that the server was hacked, but said that foreign governments were so sophisticated, and the server such a high-value target, that it was unlikely they would leave evidence of the break-in.
“The FBI also notes that when confronted during her interview with emails containing classification markings, Clinton said she did not understand that “(C)” markings indicated the presence of classified “Confidential” information.
Hillary Clinton may have broken the rules on handling classified emails, but Democrats insisted Sunday that it wasn’t her fault, blaming some of her confusion on mistakes or changes made by others.
Laughter broke out on a CNN panel after the panelists watched a clip of Hillary Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine (D-VA) spin why the presidential candidate has not held a press conference for more than 270 days.
On the same show Sunday, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said of Clinton’s campaign that “when you ask them a question about them, it takes them about 10 words to get to Donald Trump’s name”.
“Clinton’s secret email server was an end run around government transparency laws that wound up jeopardizing our national security and sensitive diplomatic efforts”, he said. Clinton told investigators she was unaware that the aide had deleted the emails.
Clinton and her legal team deleted thousands more emails she claimed were personal and private. “So when she received the email, the material that was classified – which is supposed to be flagged and identified as classified – in many instances was improperly labeled”, Kaine said. Clinton told the Federal Bureau of Investigation she was unaware of specific details about the security, software or hardware used on her server.
Clinton has said that in hindsight she regretted using a private email system while secretary of state.
Clinton said she later directed her aides to create a private email account and said it was “a matter of convenience” to use the home server shared with her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
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She also said she didn’t recall receiving guidance from the State Department on email policies and that she didn’t explicitly request permission regarding a private email account or server – but said no one at the State Department expressed any concerns about it.
