[How Clinton’s email scandal took root]About 2,000 chains of Clinton’s correspondence include emails that the State Department has since said are classified. But the inspector general said it could not show evidence of a review by legal counsel. The inspector general, Steve Linick, was appointed by President Obama and has served since 2013. The 83-page report reviews email practices by five secretaries of state and generally concludes that record keeping has been spotty for years. They have worked to inoculate her against potentially critical findings, accusing the State Department’s inspector general of working in concert with congressional Republicans to harm her presidential campaign and noting that a top inspector general official used to work for Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa).

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2016 08:53 UTC