Willie Geist: Voters Have ‘Common Sense’ and Know Hillary’s E-mail Scandal ‘Doesn’t Add Up’

‘They idea that you would take all your government work and put it on private server without telling people and assume that’s OK – it’s not going to fly with people’

GEIST: “I was away last week and watching from a little bit of a distance and I was struck by how the approach seems to be – to be dismissive of this or to make jokes about it or make light of it, but this is a serious issue in an age where China every day is trying to hack government employees. We’ve seen stories time after time going after that information, this is deadly serious. If they don’t treat it that way, they’re going to be in a lot of trouble because it’s not going away. The fact that they say it's so complicated, people can't really sift through it, people out there, voters out there have common sense, they know. This doesn't add up. The idea that you would take all your government work and put it on a private server without telling people and assume that's okay –“
BRZEZINSKI: “Breaking the policy of the White House and the State Department.”
GEIST: “It’s not going to fly –“
SCARBOROUGH: “And the White House, by the way, says they have broken the policy. They say it off the record –“ [Crosstalk]
BRZEZINSKI: “We’re going to continue to try to get it on the record because at some point they have to answer the question.”
SCARBOROUGH: “I've got to say what's pathetic as well is the State Department who's basically not answering questions about documents, whether she signed them or not, trying to cover up for her. When you have John Kerry, we know John and like John, but when John Kerry comes out and says a couple weeks ago, well, I'm sure my e-mails were hacked by the Chinese and the Russians as well, because he knows what's coming. John Kerry knows that we're going to probably find out that Hillary Clinton's e-mails on her home-brew server were hacked. And so now the whole administration seems so desperate to elect her that they're putting that consideration, I'll say it, ahead of protecting classified secrets. And there is going to be a reckoning. And I've been saying it here for some time. The State Department either starts working to get the truth out or they continue down this road of trying to cover up for her. And there is no in-between. And they have been acting shameful thus far, and they need to be transparent. Just tell us the truth. That's all we want, State Department: Stop covering for Hillary Clinton. Just tell us the truth. Maybe you can exonerate her, but just tell us the truth. Answer the press's question when they ask you every day: did she sign the document before she left? Just answer that question. But they're not doing it because right now the State Department feels like their responsibility is not to getting the truth out and being transparent about what went on with classified documentation, [their responsibility is to protect the former Secretary of State, and it's really sad.]”

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