Bremmer: Senior Administration Official Told Me, 'If I Did What Hillary Did, I Think I'd Be In Jail [View all]
The scandal surrounding Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server for work-related correspondences while she served as secretary of state has turned off some of her supporters in the White House, geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer told Business Insider.
"Most of the senior administration officials I know think she'd be an extremely competent president but have a hard time squaring that with her believing she's above the law," Bremmer said, referring to the possibility that Clinton broke the law by having classified information on her private server.
"The latest facts around this email scandal hits the bullseye on that issue, and it's not going to go away," Bremmer said in an email to Business Insider.
On Thursday, a federal judge opened the door for the FBI to try to recover any emails Clinton may have deleted from her private server, expanding the agency's investigation into whether sensitive information ever passed through her private inbox while she served as secretary of state.
The judge said that Clinton did not comply with government policies surrounding the use of a private email server, which require that "federal records sent or received on such systems are preserved in the appropriate agency record-keeping system," The New York Times reported.
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