Hillary: I’m Not Responsible for Sending Classified E-mails; They Weren’t Marked

‘I did not send, or receive, emails with material marked classified’

REPORTER: "Can we discuss your quick follow up about your e-mails. You have made the point that you have never sent or received any e-mails that were marked classified, not at the time."

CLINTON: "Uh-huh."

REPORTER: "Some former State Department officials have said ultimately the responsibility falls on you as the secretary of state to know what might be considered classified. Is that accurate, and therefore do you bear responsibility for information that may have been transmitted as classified?"

CLINTON: "Well, all I can tell you is what I've been telling you for months which has the benefit of being true and factual, and that is that I never send any classified material nor receive any marked classified. And you're seeing these questions raised now because questions about classification are always going to raise issues. The State Department is going through its process to determine how to, or whether to make e-mails public. Other agencies under our system are given the opportunity to weigh in. That would be true if you're asking for someone's e-mails to be made public because of FOIA request or any other reason, and it was on the unclassified account that an official used for work-related e-mails. So, look, I have said repeatedly that I did not send nor received classified material and I'm very confident that when this entire process plays out that will be understood by everyone. It will prove what I have been saying. And it's not possible for people to look back now some years in the past and draw different conclusions than the ones that were at work at the time. You can make different decisions because things have changed, circumstances have changed, but it doesn't change the fact that I did not send, or receive, material marked classified."

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