The government lied and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied about the emails. Gee whiz, wonder what else they lied about.
Who knows, but the problem we have in dealing with liars, is that we never know when they are telling the truth, or if they ever do. If someone in the government tells me the sun is shining, I am going outside to verify it. I just automatically assume everything the government tells me is a lie, until I can check it out for myself. Am I cynical of the government or what?