Clinton Sent Confidential Emails After Leaving State

"Foreign relations or foreign activities of the United States, including confidential sources."

8.31.2016 

 

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 Brian Lilley 

 

  

As if it weren't bad enough that Hillary Clinton sent and received confidential government emails on her personal server while Secretary of State, now the New York Post is reporting that Clinton sent classified emails to senior officials after she left office.

On May 28, 2013, months after stepping down as secretary of state, Clinton sent an email to a group of diplomats and top aides about the “123 Deal” with the United Arab Emirates.

But the email, which was obtained by the Republican National Committee through a Freedom of Information Act request, was heavily redacted upon its release by the State Department because it contains classified information.

The email was redacted because according to the State Department it contains, "Foreign relations or foreign activities of the United States, including confidential sources." Whom was Clinton emailing about confidential sources after she left office? According to the Post recipients include Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, diplomat Jeffrey Feltman, policy aide Jake Sullivan, diplomat Kurt Campbell, State Department chief of staff Cheryl Mills, and Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

The email was sent from Clinton's hrod17@clintonemails.com account. Both Mills and Abedin, key aides to Clinton, also used email accounts on the personal server.

The news comes at the same time as the FBI has revealed that they recovered 30 new emails from Clinton's personal server related to the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks. Despite Clinton insisting that she never sent or received classified information from that account, the State Department says it needs until the end of September to review the new emails and remove any classified information before releasing them.