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In reply to the discussion: I've noticed a contradiction [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)It's still not clear to me that Hillary broke no law at all, though. In part, that's because everyone seems stuck on the personal account business. To me, that bit is irrelevant.
Forget personal server and personal account. Pretend for a second, she did use a federal server. The Federal Records Act of 1950, as amended, does require archiving of federal documents. The definition of federal documents is so broad that it included emails before emails existed. Something like "regardless of form" is the language. Additionally, in 1978, machine readable materials were added to the specific examples of federal documents included in the definition. So emails were not only covered before 2014, they were clearly covered.
Hillary retained exclusive control over all her emails until two months ago, when she turned over 55,000 to State in response to an FOIA request made about a year ago by a news organization. And only Hillary knows if she turned over all of them.
Additionally, government business emails are government property, regardless of who controls them at any given moment. I am not sure you are legally entitled to retain exclusive control of government property after you cease working for the government.
Either way, is anything likely to come of it? No.