Pete Kasperowicz:
The House Select Committee on Benghazi announced Wednesday it has sent subpoenas to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the State Department in an effort to find all outstanding emails related to the 2012 attack in Benghazi that left four Americans dead.
“The Select Committee on Benghazi today issued subpoenas for all communications of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton related to Libya and to the State Department for other individuals who have information pertinent to the investigation,” committee spokesman Jamal Ware said. “The committee also has issued preservation letters to internet firms informing them of their legal obligation to protect all relevant documents.”
Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) indicated Tuesday that subpoenas might be coming, after it became clear that Clinton only used personal email while serving as secretary of State, and the State Department admitted it did not know if it had all of her emails. Gowdy said that meant his committee would have to press Clinton herself to turn in whatever Benghazi-related emails she might have failed to turn over to State, as well as Internet service providers that might also have access to those emails.
“[T]he committee is going to have to go to her, her lawyers and her email providers to ensure we have access to everything the American people are entitled to know,” he said Tuesday. The separate subpoenas to the State Department indicate the committee believes information from other individuals is still not in the committee’s hands.
Clinton and the Obama administration have come under heavy fire for allowing Clinton use not just her own personal email, but her own private server. Aside from the lack of transparency, concerns have been raised that there are no guarantees Clinton’s private computer system was safe from hackers who could have obtained sensitive information from her email account.
It’s also an issue that seems likely to play into the 2016 presidential race, if Clinton decides to run. Many commentators have said the scandal is the latest example of how the Clintons don’t feel like the rules apply to them.
Waste of time.
Emails will be thoroughly purged before they are handed over.
The important ones will completely disappear.
Gowdy will learn nothing from this exercise.
Remember that death toll from Arkansas.
Dead men tell no tales. Just ask Vince Foster.
Have we gotten Lois Lerner’s emails yet?
The dog ate her file server.
I dunno. We elect “Republicans” to Congress, and they follow the leadership of Sen Reid and Rep Pelosi. It is insane, when you think about it.
We, the American people, have no voice anymore.