A number of Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham ClintonTop Dems prep for future while out of the spotlight New report finds that voter turnout in 2016 topped 2012 Former CIA official and Clinton backer: 'Smoke but no fire' in Trump's Russia ties MORE’s private emails were erased weeks after The New York Times published a story reporting on her use of a private email server while secretary of State, according to notes from the FBI’s investigation released on Friday.
The deletion took place between March 25 and March 31, the FBI learned in a May 3 interview. The name of the person who deleted the emails was redacted from the FBI’s notes.
“In a follow-up FBI interview on May 3, 2016, ------ Indicated he believed he had an 'oh s--t' moment and sometime between March 25-31, 2015 deleted the Clinton archive mailbox from PRN server and used BleachBit to delete the exported .PST files he had created on the server system containing Clinton;s e-mails,” the FBI notes released on Friday stated.
This is crazy. 3 weeks after NYT publish Clinton email server story, there was a big wipe of her emails conducted pic.twitter.com/tlO0KJWYgz
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) September 2, 2016
BleachBit is a special computer software that is designed to “prevent recovery” of files so that, as House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy
Trey GowdySenate Intel chairman says he got 'sufficient' response on wiretapping claim Trump administration wants more time to give Intel committee wiretapping proof GOP rep: Leaks could destroy national security programs MORE (R-S.C.) said last week, “even God can't read them.”
After the conclusion of the investigation in July, the FBI Director James Comey recommended no charges against Clinton but added that the Democratic presidential nominee was “extremely careless” in handling classified material.
The Times story was published on March 2.
