Gowdy: ‘We Know for a Fact’ Hillary Did Not Turn over All Documents to the State Dept.

‘if you read that statement, you’ll know why people hate lawyers as much as they do. I don’t read the statement that way and I can’t read the statement that way because I know that to be false’

RADDATZ: "Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy is the chairman of the Select Committee investigating the attack on the consulate in Benghazi. He joins us now. Chairman Gowdy, give us your reaction to Hillary Clinton turning over her email server."
GOWDY: "It’s about time. We asked her to do that in March to an independent neutral detached third party, either a retired federal judge or the inspector general. And she assured us that would never happen. But it should have happened in March for two reasons. One is the classified information perspective or issue. And the second reason to do it is to ensure that the public record is complete."
RADDATZ: "From what you have heard, do you believe Hillary Clinton broke the law?"
GOWDY: "Well, I would have no idea. That was my former job and I wasn’t very good at it then and I’m not going to engage in it now. I know this. It was a very unusual email arrangement she had with herself. Most of the explanation she’s given for why she did it have been proven to be demonstrably false. And her decision to handle her email in this way has delayed our ability to do our job with respect to Benghazi and it remains to be seen whether or not she’s placed national security information at risk."
RADDATZ: "Mr. Chairman, Secretary Clinton signed a statement over the weekend, declaring under penalty of perjury that she has turned over to the government all of the mails that were federal records."
GOWDY: "Well, I read that statement. And if you read that statement, you’ll know why people hate lawyers as much as they do. I don’t read the statement that way and I can’t read the statement that way because I know that to be false. Remember those 15 emails that Sidney Blumenthal gave our committee that she did not turn over to the State Department, all 15 of those related to her public record. So we know for a fact that she did not turn over all records and all documents to the State Department. So how she can represent that to a federal judge under oath is something I suspect at some point that judge will ask her."
RADDATZ: "And you obviously think she’s lying?"
GOWDY: "Well, I don’t use the word “lie.” I’d just tell you it’s false. Whether or not she knew it was false at the time she said it, you’re going to have to ask her. I can just tell you that we found 15 documents that should have been produced in the State Department that she did not produce to the State Department. But that’s just one of the five explanations she’s given with respect to her email arrangement that has also proven to be false. So whether she’s just terribly mistaken a lot, whether there’s an intent to deceive, I’m not smart enough to be able to answer that question. I can just tell you this: she’s wrong."
RADDATZ: "Thanks, Chairman Gowdy."

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