Hillary Clinton and her top aides — including Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin, and Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy — apparently have a pretty faulty memory when it comes to recalling the details of Clinton's private email server. Research by the Republican Party found that Clinton and her team answered FBI and Judicial Watch questions with forms of "I don't know" or "I don't recall" 327 times during their recent interviews with investigators.
From the transcripts:
1. Clinton Could Not Recall Specific Conversations Regarding The Creation Of Her Private Email Account."CLINTON did not recall her specific conversations regarding the creation of clintonemail.com, but around January 2009, directed aides to create the account." (Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Hillary Clinton Interview Notes, Page 4, 8/31/16)[...] 220. Mills Did Not Recall Whether She Had A Discussion With Clinton About Deleting Her Emails. QUESTION: "Did you ever discuss with her with respect to whether she could delete them or not?" MILLS: "I don't recall." (Transcript Of Cheryl Mills, Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Department of State, 5/27/16, p. 245) [GOP.com]
FBI Director James Comey said in July that there was not enough evidence that Clinton criminally mishandled classified information, but he did call her conduct "extremely careless." Read all of the Republican Party's findings here.
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