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In reply to the discussion: Why are Greatest Threads about the email report kept off the Home page? [View all]pnwmom
(110,328 posts)of all his emails, as the policy said he should do. Instead he simply deleted the emails when he left office. And when the state department asked for them, they were told they were gone.
The law about public records makes no distinction between private emails at AOL and private emails on a personal server. But yes, you're right -- the report is critical of both Powell and Clinton. But there were NO consequences, no Congressional investigations, when Powell failed to turn over ANY emails. Just when Hillary turned over 55,000 of them. This is a BLATANT double standard.
With regard to your question about Hillary, I can't speak for her. But if I thought enemies in the government wanted to go on a public fishing expedition through all my private emails, I'd want to erase them, too.