"It wasn’t the best choice. I made a mistake. It was not prohibited. It was not in any way disallowed. And as I have said and as now has come out, my predecessors did the same thing and many other people in the government. But here’s the cut to the chase facts. I did not send or receive any emails marked classified at the time. What you are talking about is retroactive classification. And the reason that happens is when somebody asks or when you are asked to make information public, I asked all my emails to be made public. Then all the rest of the government gets to weigh in. ... I think that what we have got here is a case of overclassification. ..."
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Members of the United States SenatePoliticians from ArkansasUnited States Secretaries of StateUnited States First ladiesPoliticians from Chicago
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When asked about the email controversy.
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Hillary Clinton
politician, lawyer, diplomat
1947 · United States
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