State: ‘There’s not any effort to spin this’

Published May 25, 2016 7:03pm ET



The State Department insisted on Wednesday that it’s not trying to “spin” an inspector general report that said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton violated records policy by using a private email system, even though officials told reporters on background that the report simply says the State Department “didn’t do a great job.”

State Department officials held the background call with some reporters earlier Wednesday, and reporters who participated in it asked about it in the public briefing with spokesman Mark Toner.

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