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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Gowdy Statement on Secretary Clinton’s Decision to Turn over Server to the Department of Justice

Gowdy Statement on Secretary Clinton’s Decision to Turn over Server to the Department of Justice

August 11, 2015
Press Release
Washington, DC— Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy issued the following statement after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned over the personal home server she used to conduct official United States foreign policy and several thumb drives reportedly containing emails with compartmented classified intelligence that she had turned over to her personal attorney:
“For months the Select Committee on Benghazi has called on Secretary Clinton to turn over her server to a neutral, detached third party for independent forensic examination. She refused every entreat. Secretary Clinton said she created this unusual email arrangement with herself for "convenience." It may have been convenient for her, but it has been troubling at multiple levels for the rest of the country. Congress, the media, the public, private litigants and FOIA requestors were denied access to public documents, and recently the Inspectors General for two separate Executive Branch entities expressed concern about the possible exposure of classified material as a direct result of her decision to eschew the email rules applicable to everyone else and create her own.
“The IC Inspector General revealed Secretary Clinton’s emails and server contained not just ‘top secret’ classified information, but 'compartmented' classified intelligence not releasable to foreigners, which must be noted in the timing of this announcement.
“Both the ICIG and the State Department IG were nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate when it was controlled by Democrats. Secretary Clinton's decision to prioritize her own convenience - and desire for control - over the security of our country's intelligence should concern all people of good conscience. This is a serious national security issue, and the seriousness of it should transcend normal, partisan politics.
“The revelation that Secretary Clinton exclusively used private email for official public business, and the multitude of issues that emanated from her decision, including this most recent one, demonstrates what can happen when Congress and those equally committed to exposing the truth, doggedly pursue facts and follow them.” 

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