Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used only private email for all her work emails during her time at the department, an act that is in violation of the Federal Records Act that requires all government officials to use government email in all official transactions to preserve records and maintain security.
The New York Times reports that Clinton, who is widely believed to be the Democratic front-runner for the next presidential elections, never used a state.gov email address during her four years at the department, and her staff did not do anything to preserve her emails on government servers.
The private email address was discovered only recently by the House Select Committee on Benghazi investigating the American Consulate attack in Benghazi, during which the committee required correspondences between Clinton and her staff regarding the attack. The State Department complied with the request, releasing around 900 pages of 300 emails from Clinton.
