Newly Released Documents Indicate Key Hillary Clinton Claim on Emails Was Not True
Emails published by the New York Times Monday indicate that Hillary Clinton used more than one private email address during her time as secretary of state, contradicting previous claims from the Democratic presidential contender’s office.
Multiple emails show Clinton used account “hrod17@clintonemail.com” while serving in the Obama administration as secretary of state.
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Clinton’s attorney, David Kendall, had previously told Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) that that particular address had not “existed during Secretary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State.”
Another statement from Clinton’s office said she only used one address during her time at the State Department.
“Secretary Clinton used one email account during her tenure at State (with the exception of her first weeks in office while transitioning from an email account she had previously used),” it said. “In March 2013, Gawker published the email address she used while Secretary, and so she had to change the address on her account.”
Clinton served as secretary of state from January 2009 to February 2013. The emails she sent through “hrod17@clintonemail.com” were sent in 2011 and 2012, according to the documents released by the Times.
A representative for Clinton’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TheBlaze.
Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus tweeted Monday evening that the news proved Clinton “misled public about the use of only one secret email address.”
Earlier this year, it was reported that Clinton may have violated federal rules by exclusively using a personal email address to conduct all official government business while serving as secretary of state.
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