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Hillary Clinton to hand over email server to the FBI | Hillary Clinton to hand over email server to the FBI |
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Hillary Clinton has agreed to hand over the private email server that she used as secretary of state to the FBI. | |
Her use of private email has generated a barrage of criticism as Mrs Clinton runs for president. | |
Critics say that her set-up was unsecure, contrary to government policy and designed to shield her communications from oversight. | Critics say that her set-up was unsecure, contrary to government policy and designed to shield her communications from oversight. |
The FBI is investigating the security of Mrs Clinton's email server. | |
Mrs Clinton initially handed over thousands of pages of emails to the state department, but not the server. | Mrs Clinton initially handed over thousands of pages of emails to the state department, but not the server. |
Her lawyers will also turn over thumb drives, which contain the copies of the emails, to the FBI. | |
Her use of private email has been a major issue in presidential race. Polls show an increasing number of voters view her as "untrustworthy" due in part to the questions surrounding her email use. | |
Under US federal law, officials' correspondence is considered to be US government property. | |
'Personal' emails deleted | |
Government employees are encouraged to use government email accounts although some top officials have used personal accounts in the past. | |
In March, Mrs Clinton said she and her lawyers made the decision over what would be considered work-related email when the state department asked for records from former secretaries of state. | |
The emails deemed work-related were about half of the 60,000 emails she sent in total during her time in office. The emails she deemed personal were deleted, Mrs Clinton said. | |
Since then, the state department has been releasing the emails to the public in batches about once a month. | |
However on Tuesday, the state department said it would not be releasing a portion of the emails because some of the messages were retroactively determined to be "top secret". |