FBI agents are probing the private server arrangement Hillary Clinton established to shield her government communications, as well as the fact that her attorney is still in possession of records now known to be classified.
The law enforcement agency is also in contact with Platte River Networks, the Denver-based company that managed the server, according to a Washington Post report.
An employee at Clinton’s political action committee established a server in her Chappaqua, N.Y., home to handle the communications of her failed 2008 presidential bid, replacing an existing server that had been used by Bill Clinton.
The new information contradicts Clinton’s previous assertions, during a press conference in March, that the server she used was her husband’s and that it was constantly guarded by Secret Service personnel.
Although Justin Cooper, a longtime personal aide with no computer security training or clearance, was initially responsible for the network during the campaign, a man named Bryan Pagliano eventually took over the system.
Pagliano served as Clinton’s campaign IT director — but was on the payroll of her Senate PAC — until April 2009, at which point he began working as an IT specialist at the State Department.
However, he remained involved with the maintenance of the private server system, the Post report said.
Pagliano had to revive the server numerous times when glitches arose, including in Oct. 2012, when Hurricane Sandy brought the system down for days.
Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, complained in an email chain during that time of her inability to access the email network.
A spokesman for Clinton did not immediately return a request for comment.
