IndyStar

Vice President Mike Pence made his first public comments Friday at an event in Janesville, Wis., in response to an IndyStar report that he had used his private AOL email account to conduct some public business when he was Indiana's governor.

On IndyStar's story about his email use:

"I'm very confident we are in full compliance with all of Indiana's laws. And in my service as vice president. I will continue that practice."

On whether he now had more sympathy for Hillary Clinton regarding emails:

"There's no comparison whatsoever between Hillary Clinton's practice — having a private server, misusing classified information, destroying emails when they were requested by the Congress. We have fully complied with Indiana's laws. We had outside counsel review all of my previous email records to identify any that ever mentioned or referenced state business."

Emails released to IndyStar in response to a public records request show Pence communicated via his personal AOL account with top advisers on topics ranging from security gates at the governor’s residence to the state’s response to terror attacks across the globe

Cyber-security experts say the emails raise concerns about whether such sensitive information was adequately protected from hackers, given that personal accounts like Pence's are typically less secure than government email accounts. In fact, Pence's personal account was hacked last summer.

THE STORY: Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked

BEHIND THE STORY: IndyStar's long-running effort to obtain the Pence emails

SELECTED PENCE EMAILS: Here are some of Vice President Mike Pence's AOL emails

PENCE'S OTHER EMAIL ISSUE: Mike Pence asks Indiana Supreme Court to stay out of his redacted emails

BACK HOME: With Pence gone, fellow Republicans undo his work in Indiana