[SoCal Pubbie]

I have heard confilicting accounts of whether laws were broken. Can anyone cite exact details of what laws were broken?

[USNBandit]

The law that was definitely broken was the Records Act. The activities of governement officials, especially secretaries, are supposed to be archived. Hard to do that when you aren't using a government system to conduct government business.

Another possibility that we won't know because the evidence has been concealed is mishandling of classified material. I am sure that she will attempt to avoid these types of issues by deleting emails and will then deny the material is classified. As the originating official for her department she could discuss situations that were classified in nature and then of challenged say that the authority to determine the classification level rests with her.

[pepsionice]

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is responsible for the federal government documents (all, period) that are created. Doesn’t matter who you are...if you work for the federal government...it’s under their rules. Records and documents are required to be preserved as evidence. You can include activities, decisions and procedures. Each single agency (DoD, FBI, DoJ, etc) is responsible for maintaining its records in accordance with NARA regulations.

By Hillary skipping the gov’t email account....that’s the first and biggest hit on illegal activity. Direct violation of NARA rules. If she creates an email or document while working as an employee of the gov’t....it’s NOT her property...it’s gov’t property.

This is briefed to any management geek hired by the gov’t and appears in DC for any position. It’s done yearly.