National Archives Says 1,200 Hillary Clinton E-Mails 'Personal'

Archivists spent four days poring over the former secretary of state's emails.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton checks her phone at the opening of the Libyan Conference, a meeting of international allies to discuss the next steps for Libya on March 29, 2011 in London, England.

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More than 1,200 e-mails of more than 30,000 turned over to the State Department by Hillary Clinton have been deemed personal by National Archives officials—and will never be required to be made part of the public record.

The National Archives and Records Administration reported its finding to the State Department in a May 6 letter about the former secretary of state's e-mails, which endorsed an earlier determination by the department itself.