A startling number of potentially classified emails have been identified among the trove of correspondences that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned over as part of the investigation into her use of a private email address during her tenure. Approximately 6,000 of the 30,000 emails have been reviewed so far, and a whopping total of 305 of those emails have been singled out for further review by intelligence agencies to determine if they contain classified information.



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Clinton said in March she had exchanged about 60,000 emails through her private account during her four years in the Obama administration. She claims about half of those were personal and deleted. The State Department is in the process of reviewing the turned-over emails for public release. So far, 63 of Clinton’s emails that previously were unclassified have now been classified and censored. However, that number could go up considerably with the 305 emails being deemed “potentially classified” at this point.

Despite the severity of the situation, Clinton’s campaign remains insistent that Clinton did nothing wrong.

“She viewed classified materials in hard copy in her office or via other secure means while traveling, not on email,” said Clinton campaign Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri. Clinton herself has tried to wave away the allegations with a joke, quipping at a recent campaign stop: “By the way, you may have seen that I recently launched a Snapchat account. I love it, I love it. Those messages disappear all by themselves.â€�

The federal agencies that have been tasked to review Clinton’s emails will not necessarily decide the outcome of Clinton’s situation. Rather, they “are conducting a relatively simple screening process to determine whether there are IC (intelligence community) equities in the emails.” The State Department recently ratcheted up the speed of its email releases after coming up short on its court-mandated July 31 deadline.

As expected, opponents across the aisle have seized on Clinton’s ongoing scandal to throw barbs at the Democratic frontrunner. New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said in an interview with Fox News: “I worked for the federal government for seven years as a U.S. attorney. It was made clear to all of us when we walked in the door, official business is done on your official email account,” adding that, â€œHer arrogance is breathtaking.â€�

If more and more of Clinton’s emails are determined to contain classified info, she could have more to worry about than Bernie Sanders gaining on her.

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