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Could Hillary Clinton become Attorney General if she runs for President?

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday that she would accept the FBI's recommendation not to charge Hillary Clinton over her email server. Attorney General Loretta …

What did the Inspector General say about the Clinton investigation?

Jul 01, 2016 · By Julia Edwards and Adam DeRose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, seeking to tamp down a firestorm over meeting with former President …

Did Bernie Sanders call Hillary Clinton's emails'a very serious issue'?

Jul 06, 2016 · Attorney general says Hillary Clinton will NOT be charged - ending last chance of indictment over email scandal. Official statement from Loretta Lynch says Department of …

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Jun 30, 2016 · Obama's Attorney General Meets With Bill Clinton Amid Hillary Clinton Email Scandal It was a passing encounter on her government plane, but the whiff of impropriety while …

How many emails did Hillary Clinton send to her lawyers?

On December 5, 2014, Clinton lawyers delivered 12 file boxes filled with printed paper containing more than 30,000 emails.

Did the Clinton email controversy get more coverage?

Analyses by Columbia Journalism Review, the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and the Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School show that the Clinton email controversy received more coverage in mainstream media outlets than any other topic during the 2016 presidential election. The New York Times coverage of the email controversy was notoriously extensive; according to a Columbia Journalism Review analysis, " in just six days, The New York Times ran as many cover stories about Hillary Clinton's emails as they did about all policy issues combined in the 69 days leading up to the election (and that does not include the three additional articles on October 18, and November 6 and 7, or the two articles on the emails taken from John Podesta)." In attempting to explain the lopsided coverage, the Columbia Journalism Review speculates, "In retrospect, it seems clear that the press in general made the mistake of assuming a Clinton victory was inevitable, and were setting themselves as credible critics of the next administration."

Did Hillary Clinton have a private email server?

Clinton claimed that her use complied with federal laws and State Department regulations, and that former secretaries of state had also maintained personal email accounts (however Clinton was the only secretary of state to use a private server ).

When did Hillary Clinton use a BlackBerry phone?

Hillary Clinton holding a BlackBerry phone in 2009. Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State in 2009, Clinton and her circle of friends and colleagues communicated via BlackBerry phones. State Department security personnel suggested this would pose a security risk during her tenure.

Who provided data backup service for Hillary Clinton's emails?

Datto, Inc. , which provided data backup service for Clinton's email, agreed to give the FBI the hardware that stored the backups. As of May 2016, no answer had been provided to the public as to whether 31,000 emails deleted by Hillary Clinton as personal have been or could be recovered.

Who was the secretary of state for Hillary Clinton in 2008?

In 2008, before Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State, Justin Cooper, a longtime aide to Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, managed the system. Cooper had no security clearance or expertise in computer security.

Did Hillary Clinton send classified emails?

In various interviews, Clinton has said that "I did not send classified material, and I did not receive any material that was marked or designated classified." However, in June and July 2016, a number of news outlets reported that Clinton's emails did include messages with some paragraphs marked with a " (c)" for "Confidential." The FBI investigation found that 110 messages contained information that was classified at the time it was sent. Sixty-five of those emails were found to contain information classified as "Secret;" more than 20 contained "Top-Secret" information. Three emails, out of 30,000, were found to be marked as classified, although they lacked classified headers and were only marked with a small "c" in parentheses, described as "portion markings" by Comey. He added it was possible Clinton was not "technically sophisticated" enough to understand what the three classified markings meant which is consistent with Clinton's claim that she wasn't aware of the meaning of such markings.

Is Hillary Clinton's email secure?

The Justice Department and FBI are investigating the security of Hillary Clinton's private email server, which she used to conduct official business as secretary of state. There's no public sign Hillary Clinton has been interviewed by federal agents, but the matter is growing ever more sensitive, as she prepares to secure ...

Has Hillary Clinton been interviewed?

There's no public sign Hillary Clinton has been interviewed by federal agents, but the matter is growing ever more sensitive, as she prepares to secure the Democratic presidential nomination at her party's convention next month.

Where did Bill Clinton meet Loretta Lynch?

An unscheduled meeting between the U.S. attorney general and former President Bill Clinton at an airport in Phoenix on Monday could present some unwanted political problems for both. The former president, who was waiting to depart the state, boarded Loretta Lynch's government aircraft shortly after she landed in Arizona for a community policing ...

When did Lynch speak at the news conference?

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch speaks at a June 22 news conference in Washington. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch speaks at a June 22 news conference in Washington. An unscheduled meeting between the U.S. attorney general and former President Bill Clinton at an airport in Phoenix on Monday could present some unwanted political problems ...

Who is looking for a spot as Attorney General?

March 14, 2019 Sean Adl-Tabatabai News, US 5 Comments. Hillary Clinton is looking for a spot as Attorney General if Democrats win the White House in 2020, according to Clinton insider Larry Nichols.

Why was Bill Clinton suspended?

Bill Clinton’s law license was suspended for five years in 2001 as an agreed settlement of disciplinary action over his misleading testimony about Monica Lewinsky in depositions taken in a lawsuit against him by Paula Jones. He has not sought reinstatement. This story is developing.

Did Moore rule out Clinton's law license?

Moore and Nichols first floated the possibility although it was unknown at the time that Clinton’s law license had been restored in Arkansas literally hours earlier. Moore said he wouldn’t rule out a White House counsel post either for Clinton.

Who is Larry Nichols?

Larry Nichols, a Clinton insider, and whistleblower agreed Hillary could be looking for a spot as Attorney General if Democrats won the White House in 2020. “Absolutely,” Nichols said.

Overview

During her tenure as United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton drew controversy by using a private email server for official public communications rather than using official State Departmentemail accounts maintained on federal servers. Clinton's server was found to hold over 100 emails containing classified information, including 65 emails deemed "Secret" and 22 deemed "Top Secret"…

Background

Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State in 2009, Clinton and her circle of friends and colleagues communicated via BlackBerry phones. State Department security personnel suggested this would pose a security risk during her tenure. The email account used on Clinton's BlackBerry was then hosted on a private server in the basement of her home in Chappaqua, New York, but that informati…

Use of private server for government business

According to Clinton's spokesperson Nick Merrill, a number of government officials have used private email accounts for official business, including secretaries of state before Clinton, but none have set up their own private domain to house their private email account.
State Department spokesperson Marie Harf said that: "For some historical context, Secretary Kerryis the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a state.gov email account." John Wonderlich, a t…

Server security and hacking attempts

In 2008, before Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State, Justin Cooper, a longtime aide to Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, managed the system. Cooper had no security clearance or expertise in computer security. Later, Bryan Pagliano, the former IT director for Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, was hired to maintain their private email server while Clinton was Secretary of State. Pagliano had invoked the Fifth Amendmentduring congressional …

Deletion of emails

In 2014, months prior to public knowledge of the server's existence, Clinton chief of staff Cheryl Mills and two attorneys worked to identify work-related emails on the server to be archived and preserved for the State Department. Upon completion of this task in December 2014, Mills instructed Clinton's computer services provider, Platte River Networks (PRN), to change the server's retention periodto 60 days, allowing 31,830 older personal emails to be automatically d…

Classified information in emails

In various interviews, Clinton has said that "I did not send classified material, and I did not receive any material that was marked or designated classified." However, in June and July 2016, a number of news outlets reported that Clinton's emails did include messages with some paragraphs marked with a "(c)" for "Confidential." The FBI investigation found that 110 messages contained information that was classified at the time it was sent. Sixty-five of those emails wer…

House Oversight Committee hearing

On July 7, 2016, Comey was questioned for 5 hours by the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Comey stated that there was "evidence of mishandling" of classified information and that he believed that Clinton was "extremely careless; I think she was negligent." He defended the FBI's recommendation against bringing charges because it "... would have been unfair and virtually unprecedented ..."

Responses and analysis

Clinton's spokesman Nick Merrill defended Clinton's usage of her personal server and email accounts as being in compliance with the "letter and spirit of the rules."
Clinton herself stated she had done so as a matter of "convenience."
On March 10, 2015, while attending a conference at the headquarters of the Un…