Clinton doubles down on ‘convenience’ excuse for email server

Published July 13, 2016 5:53pm ET



Hillary Clinton’s attorneys are repeating an excuse for the former secretary of state’s private email use that was all but rejected by the FBI last week when it cleared Clinton of criminal wrongdoing.

In documents filed with a federal court Tuesday, Clinton’s legal team argued the presumptive Democratic nominee should not be forced to submit for a deposition because no evidence has emerged to suggest the personal email system she used was set up to “thwart” federal record-keeping policies.

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