Clinton E-Mail Use Violated Rules, Inspector General Finds
- State Department audit finds no request to use personal server
- Report offers Republicans ammunition for general election
Clinton Broke E-Mail Rules, Inspector General Finds
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Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail system while she was secretary of state violated State Department rules, the agency’s inspector general concluded in a report that will hand Republicans an additional line of attack as the general election campaign gets under way.
The audit by the State Department’s independent investigator found no evidence that Clinton requested guidance or approval to conduct official business via personal e-mail on a private server and concluded that she wouldn’t have gotten it if she had. The inspector general also faulted the State Department’s handling of electronic records and communications generally.