US Vice President Mike Pence on Friday said there was "no
comparison whatsoever" between his use of a private email account for
state business while he was governor of Indiana and the email woes of former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Clinton's use of a private email server during her time in
government became a major point of criticism against the Democratic nominee
during the 2016 presidential election by Pence, the running mate of President
Donald Trump, and others involved in the Republican campaign.
"There's no comparison whatsoever between Hillary Clinton's
practice, having a private server that was handling classified information,
destroying emails that were requested by the Congress and by officials,"
Pence told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Wisconsin.
Pence's use of an AOL email account was first reported by the
Indianapolis Star on Thursday. The newspaper said Pence used the account at
times to discuss sensitive matters and homeland security issues. The account
was hacked last summer, the newspaper reported.
Pence said he complied with Indiana laws in his use of the email
account, and he had an outside attorney review his private email records and
archive those related to state business.
During the campaign, Trump and Pence said Clinton's use of a
private server broke the law and endangered national security - complaints that
led their supporters to chant "Lock her up!" at rallies.
The State Department's internal watchdog said Clinton's use of a
private server broke department rules. The FBI reviewed her emails for classified
material, but it found that no criminal charges were warranted.
FBI Director James Comey, however, said Clinton and her colleagues
were "careless" with classified information.
Clinton's staff turned over thousands of emails to the State
Department in late 2014. Her team said emails that were not related to
government work were deleted, although they said that direction was given
before lawmakers issued a subpoena for them.
A White House spokeswoman said Pence was not subject to federal
laws as governor, unlike Clinton, and did not handle classified information.
"There's light years of difference" between the use of
private email by Pence and Clinton, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told
reporters.
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