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Probably have fewer questions. if there is a source you can provide that 90 to 95% were on the state department system, then ill know i need to ask the state department who took them so long because im just telling you madam secretary, i got eight e-mails the first time i ask and now i got over 1500. there is some disconnect there. >> mr. chairman, i think that is a fair question. and im not at the state department any longer but i do want to defend them. they are under the most extraordinary pr...

>> im not familiar with all of the foyer requests made while she was the secretary of state. but whether they were on her private e-mail or her public e-mail or official e-mail, michael, it doesnt really matter because she still has the ability as every other official in the executive branch to make the determinations as to what are official e-mail and private e-mail. so the mere virtue of her using a private e-mail server doesnt change the sub stance of what her response would be to a foyer req...

Issued in 2009 that permitted mrs. clinton to use private e-mails for official business. so she was certainly complying with the law. even if there are some that believe that officially e-mail would make it easier to comply with the freedom for information requests. the law requiring officials used only official e-mail addresses for official business. it was not passed until 2014. so i think shes perfectly in compliance with the freedom of information requests, although equivocally in that. >> i...

Right question. weve been working at this for about 18 months. citizens united. we had our hillary clinton film, hillary the movie back in 2007, 2008 that ended up going to the supreme court. were working on our sequel. weve been at all 18 months. these foyer requests which we started back then are now in federal court. we have six federal lawsuits. the only way youre able to get anything out of the clintons is through a federal judges court order. thats where we are today. this is in the first ...

Classified material -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> -- according to hillary clinton. >> they are looking at foyer requests and now that we have to release the e-mails. and if they had reported on a security guidance being requested for how the clinton e-mails were being released as per the state department that would not have been the kind of media story that we all have to talk about. >> answer me this philosophical question. since im in a self loathing philosophical mood today. if there was a republic...

Did that and hopefully well get to the bottom of that. john kerry is the first secretary of state to primarily use a government e-mail account. so from the creation clintons are always you know, creating all the rules. this just wasnt the case. there are questions. im sure theyll be asked in d.c. for weeks to come. nobodys hiding anything right now. >> the most substantive was gawker. were thoos e-mails accounts being used to shield stuff for foyer requests. that seems to me like the most seriou...

>> gawker raised were these e-mail accounts be used to shield stuff for foyer requests. that seems to me like the most serious violation rather than the archiving and stuff like that. im sure we will hear more in the next 18 months of our lives. all right, in a short time, hillary clinton will speak publicly for the first time since this story broke. well talk to two people who were there in the room, ahead.

From the rekragscreation of e-mail to a couple years ago, it was not that dramatic. it just wasnt the case. there are questions, im sure they will be asked in dc for weeks to come but i dont think she is hiding anything right now. >> gawker raised were these e-mail accounts be used to shield stuff for foyer requests. that seems to me like the most serious violation rather than the archiving and stuff like that. im sure we will hear more in the next 18 months of our lives. all right, in a short...