Hillary Clinton was “surprised” that a State Department official was using a personal email account to discuss work-related matters, she told one of her top aides in an email she sent from her personal email account.
Clinton made her hypocritical comment in a Feb. 27, 2011 email chain which was released by the State Department early Friday morning.
The chain began with an email from the non-governmental account of John Godfrey, then an official with the State Department’s U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna. The diplomat’s email, which contained information about Libya that has been retroactively classified, made its way up the chain of command to Jake Sullivan, Clinton’s top foreign policy adviser. Sullivan, in turn, forwarded the message to Clinton, while singing Godfrey’s praises.
Clinton responded by questioning who Godfrey worked for.
After Sullivan told her that he worked for the State Department, Clinton communicated her astonishment that he was not emailing from a state.gov account. (RELATED: Clinton Emails Have Five Months Worth Of Gaps)
“Is he in NEA currently? Or was he in Embassy? I was surprised that he used personal email account if he is at State,” Clinton wrote.
The irony is clear. Clinton exclusively used a personal email account while at the State Department. Friday’s email dump contains 2,900 pages of emails Clinton sent and received on her account, HDR22@clintonemail.com.