[thesharkboy]

A desperate lie to cover up something really bad. Everybody (except probably for high-ranking members of the eGOP) knows that these emails were backed up and saved in many, many places.

[logi_cal869]

Correct on pretty much all accounts in this thread.

But it doesn’t matter: The LIV believe it, the MSM will happily parrot it (well, the jury’s still out...Monday will tell) and the Republicans will do nothing about it (my faith in the latter is zero)...

[TomGuy]

Everybody (except probably for high-ranking members of the eGOP) knows that these emails were backed up and saved in many, many places.

Apparently, BJ Clinton and GW Bush had similar problems:

Clinton White House “Lost” Emails Too

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Emails are just so slipperly. Gotta watch'em every minute or they'll just slither away, never to be seen again -- except for those barn residual backups.