Republican groups on Thursday gleefully commemorated the one-year anniversary of Hillary Clinton’s first speech addressing her use of a private server to process email during her tenure as secretary of state.
America Rising, a Virginia super political action committee dedicated to defeating Clinton, marked the occasion with a YouTube video called “Count the Clinton Lies.” The video recounts seven statements Clinton made in that initial speech that the group says were false. They include, for instance, the assertion that Clinton didn’t use her personal server to send any classified information, and the claim that all of her emails had been preserved.
The Republican National Committee, meanwhile, announced a new website of its own related to the email scandal. That site, ClintonEmailFacts.gop, allows users to browse facts about the number of emails bearing different security classifications that existed on Clinton’s server, view a timeline of the issue, and browse a section of “expert testimony” comprised of quotes from officials who have criticized Clinton over the issue.
The initiatives come a day after the RNC filed a pair of lawsuits against the State Department for failing to respond to open records requests that the party submitted last year. Information that the party is seeking includes the contents of any messages sent to or from Clinton’s BlackBerry device, and any correspondence that took place between Clinton’s campaign and State Department officials.
Though Republican groups are seeking to emphasize the relevance of the issue to the Democratic front-runner’s presidential aspirations, Clinton said again on Wednesday that the effort wasn’t bothering her. “I am not concerned about it … and no Democrat or American should be either,” she said at a Democratic presidential debate held that evening.
Asked by Univision moderator Jorge Ramos whether she would drop out in the event that she is indicted, Clinton remarked, “I’m not even answering that question.”
