The State Department identified 15 people involved in multiple security violations connected to the handling of classified information as a result of Hillary Clinton’s use of an unauthorized email server.
Clinton used a private email server for government work while she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
In a security review of the mishandling of classified information, the State Department has issued 23 violations and seven infractions that were carried out by 15 current or former employees, according to Mary Elizabeth Taylor, the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs.
“To this point, the Department has assessed culpability to 15 individuals, some of whom were culpable in multiple security incidents,” Taylor wrote in the letter. “This number will likely change as the review progresses.”
She indicated that, due to longstanding policy, the identity of the individuals and their current employment status at the State Department have not been disclosed.
Taylor added that those who were found with a security violation, or three or more infractions, have been referred for documentation and possible discipline, which can include “counseling, reprimand, suspension, and/or separation.” She also promised to provide more details once the investigation is complete.
According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, top officials under the Obama administration had known that Clinton was using a private email system three years before it became public knowledge in March 2015.
Trump’s Comments on Clinton Emails
President Donald Trump said that Clinton “should be in jail” in a recent interview with ABC News. The president mentioned that Clinton was involved in the deletion of 33,000 of her emails that were being sought by Congress. The FBI was only able to recover about 5,000 of the 33,000 emails.“She deleted 33,000 emails … they gave a subpoena to Hillary Clinton for 33,000 emails. After the subpoena was gotten, she deleted them. That’s called obstruction,” Trump said.
“And her lawyer should also be looked at because her lawyer—she’s got to have the greatest lawyer on earth because she does that, he did the deleting supposedly—not only did they delete, but they acid-washed them,” Trump added.
