Without a doubt, someone in this chain of events, due to self-preservation or profit interests, has made copies. Government workers are like that...At some point, someone will come forward with the goods. There just needs to be some heads to roll to “entice” them.
It has been obvious from the beginning of this situation that matters could be quickly resolved if Republicans in Congress started imprisoning the IT guys at the IRS, starting from the low level guys and moving up the food chain. I would guess all the emails would have been made available within a week at the most had this been done.
The fact that this hasn’t happened is just further confirmation that our so-called opposition party is complicit in this, and is quite likely cheering the harassment of conservatives behind the scenes.