Clinton names Powell in private email case

Clinton has for over a year been dogged by questions about her use of a private email account while she was the nation’s top diplomat. The New York Times said the information came from notes the Federal Bureau of Investigation delivered to Congress on Tuesday, which contained details from a more than three hour interview the agency conducted with Clinton over her private email use. 

The daily also cited an upcoming book that described a dinner conversation where Powell told Clinton to use her own email except for classified information. The newspaper also reported that Clinton asked Powell in a 2009 email exchange about his use of email while serving under former president George W Bush. Colin Powell’s office in a statement said he could not recall the dinner conversation. He did recall describing the system he used to her, but the statement did not say he suggested Clinton do the same. 

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Clinton Foundation said they will stop accepting foreign and corporate donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president and will stop holding the annual Clinton Global Initiative meetings whatever the outcome of the November election, Former President Bill Clinton told staff members yesterday he would resign from the foundation’s board and that it would only accept donations from US citizens and independent charities. The former president also said he would hold the 12th and final Clinton Global Initiative in September.