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Pence v Clinton: Both used private email for work, one hacked, one accused of hypocrisy

Ian Michael Gumby
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Just to point out something:

Essentially, it was not illegal for Pence to use his personal email for work in Indiana, although he ought to have CC'd his official account when discussing state business – and he doesn't appear to have done so, judging from the released messages. Clinton was not outright banned from using a private system. However, she was required to maintain an easily accessible archive of her work messages for transparency and Freedom of Information Act purposes. If she used her state.gov address for all correspondence, it could have been archived by her department's IT, rather than a close circle of aides with fingers hovering over the delete button.

There is something important here.

Pence isn't required under the Official Records Act that was modified in 1994(IIRC) by Bill Clinton to include emails, while Hillary as SoS was. Note this is a criminal offense, however its only a misdemeanor.

While its not a felony, its still a criminal act. Pence isn't guilty of even that.

And also there's destruction of government property, theft, etc ... all against Clinton because she deleted emails and didn't turn everything over.

Again, a small nit compared to the violations of the Espionage Act.

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