DOJ: Hillary Had the Authority to Delete Personal Emails from Server

The Department of Justice said in a legal filing this week that Hillary Clinton had the proper authority to delete personal emails off her private server.

Judicial Watch attempted to get a court order to make sure that Clinton’s emails weren’t being deleted, but according to USA Today, the DOJ ruled that the former Secretary of State had the authority to delete any non-work-related emails.

They wrote, “Government agencies are not required to take steps to recover deleted material based on unfounded speculation that responsive information had been deleted.”

After weeks of defending her choice of personal email, this week Clinton finally apologized and said she should have used two accounts.

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