House Speaker John Boehner called on Hillary Clinton Tuesday to turn over the personal server she used for sending emails while serving as secretary of state.
Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters following a closed-door meeting with Republican lawmakers that the House special committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and the House Oversight Committee would remain the sole panels looking into the Clinton emails.
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“The American people deserve all the facts about what happened in Benghazi,” Boehner said. “Now that’s why it’s so important for Secretary Clinton to turn over her personal server to a neutral third party. And I think this is the fairest way to make sure that we have all the documents the belong to the public and, ultimately, all the facts.”
Boehner disputed reports that a new House investigation would be launched to investigate the Clinton emails.
“We have rigorous oversight activities at both the Benghazi Committee and at the Government Reform Committee, and I don’t think there’s any changes that need to be made,” Boehner said.
Boehner did not signal that the House would use its subpoena power to obtain the server but said someone other than Clinton is needed to determine which emails should be made public.
“The way forward is for the secretary to turn over all of her emails that pertain to the public,” Boehner said. “But some neutral third party is going to have to make some decision about what documents are, quote, personal, and which ones are public record. And thus far, she’s been unwilling to do this.”
