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Headline Roundup October 19th, 2019

State Department Finds Violations But No "Systemic" Mishandling in Clinton Email Probe

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A State Department investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of private email found "no persuasive evidence of systemic, deliberate mishandling of classified information," though it did cite 38 people who had committed violations. The department's report, released this week after a multiyear probe, reviewed approximately 30,000 emails and concluded that while there were “instances of classified information being inappropriately” transmitted, many of the individuals involved “were aware of security policies and did their best to implement them.” Coverage of the news was split, with many right-leaning outlets focusing on the violations and the obstacles that investigators faced in reviewing the emails, more than 30,000 of which had been famously deleted. Left-leaning outlets, in contrast, tended to highlight the report's conclusion that no incriminating evidence had been uncovered.

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State Department report on Clinton emails finds hundreds of violations, dozens of individuals at fault
State Department report on Clinton emails finds hundreds of violations, dozens of individuals at fault

Fox News Digital

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A State Department report into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server for government business, obtained by Fox News on Friday, found dozens of individuals at fault and hundreds of security violations.

The report summarized an administrative review of the handling of classified information relating to Clinton’s private email server used during her tenure as the nation’s highest-ranking diplomat between 2009 and 2013. The report, dated Sept. 13., was delivered to the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., who was chairman of the Senate Judiciary...

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38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe
38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe

Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some of whom may face disciplinary action.

The investigation, launched more than three years ago, determined that those 38 people were “culpable” in 91 cases of sending classified information that ended up in Clinton’s personal email, according to a letter sent to Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley this week and released Friday. The 38 are current and former State Department officials but were...

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State Department probe of Clinton emails finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information
State Department probe of Clinton emails finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information

Washington Post

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A multiyear State Department probe of emails that were sent to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s private computer server concluded there was no systemic or deliberate mishandling of classified information by department employees, according to a report submitted to Congress this month.

The report appears to represent a final and anticlimactic chapter in a controversy that overshadowed the 2016 presidential campaign and exposed Clinton to fierce criticism that she later cited as a major factor in her loss to President Trump.

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