Judge Says Hillary Clinton Didn’t Follow Government Email Policies

Federal District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said that Hillary Rodham Clinton did not comply with government policies in her exclusive use of a personal email account while she was secretary of state, challenging her longstanding position that she abided by the rules.

At a hearing for a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the State Department, Judge Sullivan said that “we wouldn’t be here today if the employee had followed government policy.” Judge Sullivan also opened the door for the FBI, which is investigating whether there was classified information on Clinton’s account, to expand its inquiry to pursue emails that she may have deleted. The judge ordered the State Department to ask the FBI to give it any emails recovered from Clinton’s private server that were not already in the State Department’s possession or that may be related to the lawsuit.