House Republicans call on Hillary Clinton to hand over email server
House Republicans want Hillary Clinton to turn over the personal server she used to store emails while serving as secretary of state.
In the GOP’s weekly address to the nation, Rep. Susan Brooks, R-Ind., said an independent arbiter should review the contents of the server to determine which emails should be made public.
“Right now there is no way for us to know whether we have all of the State Department communications that rightfully belong to the American people,” Brooks said. “The only way to truly know is by having access to Secretary Clinton’s personal server.”
Brooks is a member of a special House committee created to investigate the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
It was the Benghazi panel, Brooks said in her address, that led to the discovery of Clinton’s personal computer server and her decision to hand over some of the emails.
Brooks said the panel wants to know more about the messages Clinton chose to delete because they could help answer questions about the night of the Benghazi attack concerning the security provided by the State Department and the department’s response.
Four Americans were killed, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
“After a complete inventory, this arbiter can make a determination as to which emails should be public and which should remain private, ” Brooks said. “These decisions would be completely impartial and independent.”
Clinton said last week she has no plans to turn over the server and that all work-related emails have been released to the State Department.
The Benghazi panel’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said he plans to call on Clinton to testify before the committee but has not indicated whether he will attempt to force her to turn over the server by using his subpoena authority.
Brooks said Clinton should turn over the emails to help determine why four Americans were lost that night.
“By handing her server over to a neutral, third-party arbiter, Secretary Clinton can help us move forward with figuring out what happened to our people,” Brooks said.
