Despite relying exclusively on her own private email system during her time in office, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ousted the U.S. ambassador to Kenya in 2012 in part for the same offense.

An August 2012 inspector general report revealed former Ambassador Scott Gration had set up an unsecured network in the bathroom of his embassy office and encouraged his staff to use commercial email in a move that drew State Department ire, the Federalist reported Thursday.

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