During the 2016 election campaign, the drumbeats were relentless: "her emails!", referring to Hillary Clinton's practice of using a private email server - which was legal at the time, and done by her predecessors as well - for conducting state business. The crux of it was that a few classified emails slipped through, all but three of which were not marked as classified, and 3 which contained a small "c" in parenthesis that either she didn't notice or did not realize what it meant.
It was a modern example of a witch hunt. The FBI cleared her of any wrongdoing, but that wasn't enough for the Republicans. They kept having investigations and hearings, dragging her through them all. It was, as they say, a big "nothing-burger". It was, however, likely enough to keep her from winning the electoral votes she needed to secure a win in the race.
Based on all of this, one would rightly assume that Republicans are VERY concerned about the safety and security of our classified information, and would want to pursue anyone who was careless with it. One would think... but of course we are talking about the Republican party, where hypocrisy is a way of life.
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