The State Department Tuesday said it had “no record” that Hillary Clinton signed a form declaring she turned over all work-related materials upon leaving her post as the nation’s top diplomat.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday that she was “fairly certain” Clinton never signed the separation agreement.
The mystery surrounding the departure form, known as OF-109, is just the latest development giving the Clinton and Obama camps headaches as the controversy over the former secretary of state’s private emails enters its third week.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday that he had “no idea” if Hillary Clinton signed the form.
Clinton was required to sign the form when she left her post at Foggy Bottom.
Both Clinton and the State Department had been mum over whether she did so.
Clinton would either have to effectively admit she signed the statement — and then ignored it — or concede that she failed to follow protocol for senior officials leaving office.
Earnest said that President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden would sign such a separation agreement at the end of their tenures.
Clinton acknowledged last week that she relied exclusively on a private email server and domain as secretary of state, deleting more than 30,000 emails she said were not related to her work.
Psaki said Tuesday that Clinton’s predecessors, Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, also did not sign such a statement.
