An apology is not enough, Jeb Bush said of Hillary Clinton’s apology for using a private email while secretary of state.
“Look, it wasn’t allowed. That’s the simple fact. We found out about it with a subpoena. She’s not been truthful, and I think it’s damaged her campaign significantly,” Bush, a Republican presidential candidate, said about Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner.
“She’s got serious problems,” he said on Fox News Wednesday morning, pointing to the federal probe into her email. “I think the lesson is, you’ve got to be transparent when you’re running for office.”
Bush has released 33 years of tax returns and plans to release a book at the end of October highlighting his own emails during his time as governor of Florida.
On Tuesday, Clinton apologized for using a private email server instead of a federal government one during her time in office. The fallout since a report revealed her private email use has gone on for months — and had an effect on her presidential campaign.
“I look back at it now — even though it was allowed — I should have used two accounts, one for personal, one for work-related emails,” Clinton told ABC’s David Muir. “That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility.”
Bush deflected when asked if he deleted emails from his time in government.
“Look, she was secretary of state. That’s the difference. It’s a national security issue,” Bush said, adding, “She jeopardized national security by having confidential information go over that server. We see what happened with the Snowden incident, the Bradley Manning incident, OPM.”
