Ousted ambassador Scott Gration called the email scandal over former Secretary of State Hillary a “double standard.”
Gration, the former U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, has said he was dismissed from the State Department in 2012 for use of a private email, something his then-boss Clinton was apparently doing as well.
“It does appear like there is a different standard that was used in my case and that has been used in hers,” he said Sunday on CNN, adding, “The language should apply to all of us since we’re all in the State Department.”
Station added that watching the email ordeal unfold in public makes him feel as if his termination was unfair.
“I was exonerated, to see this dream job of mine come to an end was very disappointing to me. And to now find out that in reality other people in the department […] were doing things differently and were looking the other way, That’s hard. I didn’t break any laws. I don’t believe I did anything wrong and I can’t speak the same for Secretary Clinton, other people have to make that decision,” he added.
On Friday, he sent an email to Politico as well as other news outlets, sounding off on the issue.
“It is false that I ignored State Department instructions and willfully disregarded State Department regulations concerning the use of commercial email for official government business. I used the OpenNet for much of my official business as I had full access to this system in my US Embassy office and in my residence,” he wrote. “My official emails were fully captured in the State Department data bases. I used Gmail for unofficial business and for my personal emails.”
A 2012 inspector general report was harsh on his time as ambassador, calling his leadership “divisive and ineffective.”
