Clinton says will not appologize over emails
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she will not apologize for using a private email account and server while serving in the Obama administration.
Even though the issue has provoked criticism among both officials and the public, Clinton told the AP that “what I did was allowed.”
“It was allowed by the State Department. The State Department has confirmed that,” she said, adding, "I did not send or receive any information marked classified."
The former first lady has denied handling classified information on her private server. However, federal investigators, looking into the latest batch of Clinton’s emails released by the State Department, have determined that at least 150 of them contain classified information.
A federal judge has ordered the State Department to release Clinton’s emails once a month on a graduated schedule.
Clinton’s decision to use a private server potentially put thousands of pages of State Department emails at risk, but it also shielded her correspondence from congressional and Freedom of Information Act requests.
In another interview with MSNBC on Friday, she refused to apologize, but she said, “I am sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions, but there are answers to all these questions.”
The growing controversy seems to have taken a toll on the Democratic frontrunner’s campaign with polls showing voters are increasingly concerned about Clinton’s transparency and trustworthiness.
Clinton, however, refused to acknowledge that the email scandal has had any impact on her candidacy.
“It hasn't in any way affected the plan for our campaign, the efforts we're making to organize here in Iowa and elsewhere in the country,” she told AP. “And I still feel very confident about the organization and the message that my campaign is putting out.”
A new Gallup poll released on Friday indicated that a majority of Americans (51 percent) view the candidate unfavorably as opposed to 41 percent who view her favorably.
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