Treasury Secretary Lew pressed on Clinton e-mails

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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew faced pressure from Republican lawmakers about whether he knew how Hillary Clinton handled her e-mails while both were at the State Department. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on the international financial system, several GOP lawmakers took the opportunity to press Secretary Lew on his State Department tenure and whether he was aware of the controversial arrangement.

While Secretary Lew served directly under Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of State, he maintained he had no recollection of Clinton’s decision to route all her e-mails through a private e-mail server rather than a government one. Nor did he recall whether he sent her e-mails on her private e-mail as opposed to an official government account. “My general mode of communication with the secretary was meetings and phone calls,” he told lawmakers. “I did e-mail with her from time to time. I don’t remember exactly how it showed up." "I don’t remember giving it a lot of thought,” he added. “It was a long time ago.”


Treasury Secretary Lew pressed on Clinton e-mails