Hillary Clinton’s email scandal reveals that this is not the first time this issue has been brought to the attention of the State Department and Office of the Inspector General. But the results of the practice this time don’t appear to be the same as the last.
Former U.S. Ambassador, Scott Gration, who was fired from his ambassadorial position, in part for using a personal email account, told CNN that he believes he was treated “unfairly”:
“It does appear that there was a different standard that was used in my case and what has been used in hers.”
Adding to the appearance of preferential treatment for Clinton is the fact that Gration was fired under Secretary Clinton’s watch at the State Department:
“I do find it unusual that this was one of the stated reasons that she state that I had to move on and that as I look back, it seems a bit unfair.”
The CNN host then posed the idea that the Office of the Inspector General would have had to contact the State Department regarding Gration’s use of private emails, and should have noticed that Clinton was responding from a private email account. Gration agreed:
“I see it the same way, but I was not there and these are questions that we’ll have to answer. One could make that assumption and it seems very illogical.”
As details have emerged surrounding Clinton’s use of private email servers, subpoenas have been issued by the committee investigating Benghazi, requesting former Secretary Clinton’s emails in regards to the September 11, 2012 attacks.
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