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Katie Pavlich | Mar 12, 2015
Questions continue to mount regarding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of personal email for government business and it looks like things may have just gotten a lot worse, legally.
Up until now Clinton's email controversy has remained a political problem, but according to a former Department of Justice attorney and State Department protocol, she may have committed a felony by failing to turn over the proper documentation before leaving her position in 2013.
Every person who works inside the State Department must sign an official Separation Statement, which is a document requiring an inventory be taken of personal documents departing officials plan to take with them. These documents must be submitted to and approved by Department records officials. According to the State Department Records Management Handbook, officials who fail to turn over documents can face, "fines, imprisonment or both for the willful and unlawful removal or destruction of records as stated in the U.S. Criminal Code." Clinton has argued that she has turned over all the proper documents to the State Department, but just did it two years after leaving her position.
TO READ MORE: http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/03/12/hillary-clinton-may-have-committed-a-felony-by-failing-to-turn-over-emails-ontime-n1969517?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=
Up until now Clinton's email controversy has remained a political problem, but according to a former Department of Justice attorney and State Department protocol, she may have committed a felony by failing to turn over the proper documentation before leaving her position in 2013.
Every person who works inside the State Department must sign an official Separation Statement, which is a document requiring an inventory be taken of personal documents departing officials plan to take with them. These documents must be submitted to and approved by Department records officials. According to the State Department Records Management Handbook, officials who fail to turn over documents can face, "fines, imprisonment or both for the willful and unlawful removal or destruction of records as stated in the U.S. Criminal Code." Clinton has argued that she has turned over all the proper documents to the State Department, but just did it two years after leaving her position.
TO READ MORE: http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/03/12/hillary-clinton-may-have-committed-a-felony-by-failing-to-turn-over-emails-ontime-n1969517?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=
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