Treasury Dept Officials Stunned by Clinton’s Private Email Use

Two records officials regarded scandal as ‘unbelievable’

Two officials at the Treasury Department were stunned by the report that Hillary Clinton used private email to conduct government business during her tenure as secretary of state, according to newly released emails.

The emails, first reported by the Washington Examiner, show two officials in the Treasury’s records department reacting with disbelief to the first report last March that Clinton used a personal email at the State Department, a matter that has precipitated an FBI investigation into Clinton’s server.

Marcus Smallwood, the Treasury’s records management officer, circulated a message to colleagues on March 3 with a link to the story about Clinton’s email use, writing “Wow” in the subject line. “Unbelievable,” the official remarked in the body of the email.

Helen Foster, deputy assistant secretary for privacy, transparency, and records at the Treasury Department, echoed Smallwood’s awe in her response.

“That is just what I said when I heard it on the news this [morning]. Unbelievable,” she wrote.

The emails, which were obtained by America Rising through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, provide insight into the way in which Obama administration employees have reacted to Clinton’s decision to use a private, unsecured email to conduct sensitive State Department business.

A separate string of emails released in December showed two Labor Department employees reacting to the news and suggesting that the State Department and Clinton did not handle the situation properly.

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