Hillary Clinton’s E-Mail Scandal Worsens, Classified E-Mails Were Sent

Hillary Clinton’s email scandal is worsening. Officials from the FBI and CIA have sent a letter to congress that analyzes whether or not classified emails were sent over Clinton’s private account. Of the 40 emails that were studied, four classified emails were found, with many emails left to be investigated.

This flies in the face of Clinton’s previous statement that no classified information was sent or received over private email.

“I did not email any classified material to anyone on my email. There is no classified material. I’m certainly aware of the classified requirements and did not send classified material.”

A government probe by the Department of Justice has been requested to further investigate Clinton’s emails, according to a letter acquired by the New York Times. Clinton made a new statement calling the probe an “inaccuracy,” and explained how she has cooperated by handing over 55,000 pages of email.

“I wanna say a word about what’s the news today and it’s because there’ve been a lot of inaccuracies as Congressman Cummings made clear this morning, maybe the heat is getting to everybody. We all have a responsibility to get this right. I have released 55,000 pages of emails. I have said repeatedly that I will answer questions before this house committee. We are all accountable to the American people to get the facts right and I will do my part.”

Clinton is referring to Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland), who has said the four discovered classified emails only became classified after she sent them.

“I spoke personally to the State Department Inspector General on Thursday, and he said he never asked the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation of Secretary Clinton’s email usage. Instead, he told me the Intelligence Community IG notified the Justice Department and Congress that they identified classified information in a few emails that were part of the FOIA review, and that none of those emails had been previously marked as classified.”

However, a letter sent to congress, which was acquired by WSJ, states that Clinton did send emails which were considered classified at the time.

Clinton’s use of private email first came to light when in 2013 a hacker found that while Secretary of State, she sent work-related emails from her private account, reports the Washington Post.

Clinton’s private emails were further scrutinized during the House of Represensentatives’ investigation on Benghazi, which raised alarms when they found no email records on Clinton’s State Department email.

In March, Clinton turned over 30,490 emails to the State Department but deleted 31,830 emails which she considered “personal.”

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) spoke candidly on Clinton’s email scandal.

“If Secretary Clinton truly has nothing to hide, she can prove it by immediately turning over her server to the proper authorities and allowing them to examine the complete record.”

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