James Comey famously lambasted Hillary Clinton’s “extremely careless” use of her personal email account for government business as a security risk. A few months later, he used his own personal email for FBI business, a report by Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz says (p.425).
James Comey famously lambasted Hillary Clinton’s “extremely careless” use of her personal email account for government business as a security risk. A few months later, he used his own personal email for FBI business, a report by Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz says (p.425).
The report listed five times he had done so:
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Comey told the inspector general that he used his personal email because he didn’t have a working FBI internet connection at home and he “didn’t bother to fix it.” He said he “wasn’t concerned” about using his Gmail, since it was for unclassified work and he kept records by forwarding it all to his FBI email.
He also said he didn’t know if it was in line with DoJ policy; Horowitz concludes that it wasn’t.
