The investigators said the information was not marked as classified but should have been stored only on government computer networks with special safeguards.
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That inspector general said at least four emails, out of a small review of 40 emails, were classified when Clinton sent them.
Would any of Clinton’s emails have been declared classified earlier had Clinton used her State Department email instead of a server that was inaccessible to officials?
While Clinton faces little competition for the Democratic Party’s nomination, several recent polls have found a majority of voters find her untrustworthy, a perception exacerbated by controversy over her emails.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is unveiling a series of proposals to shift the mindset of corporate America from “quarterly capitalism” to a more long-term approach to the economy. “I mean, she got rid of her server, he never did anything like that”.
The letter was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
A spokesman for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign announced Saturday that the former Secretary of State will appear before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on October 22.
The debate among government agencies “has nothing to do with me”, Clinton added. But the inspectors general said the department still had not created a process for resolving disputes between the department and other parts of the government about differences over how to classify documents.
“Hot Air posted an update that: “The IG notes that “[n]one of the emails we reviewed had classification or dissemination markings”, which is not an escape hatch for Hillary, but another violation of the laws pertaining to handling classified material.
There has not yet been a decision on whether to launch a criminal probe.
Clinton says she chose her private account for convenience.
On Saturday Clinton doubled down on her beliefs, saying, “The facts are pretty clear: I did not send nor receive anything that was classified at the time”.
The aim is for the department to unveil all of 55,000 pages of the emails she turned over by January 29, 2016.
More Clinton emails are expected to be released by the State Department this week, Merrill said.
Following the Times report this morning, GOP congressional leaders began launching attacks.
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“Her poor judgment has undermined our national security, and it is time for her to finally do the right thing”, said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Republicans in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail have seized on the email scandal to portray Clinton as continuing secretive practices they say they also characterized President Bill Clinton’s eight years in office.
