Related: Clinton Lawyer Informs Congress About Email Safeguards
In his response to Grassley, Kendall attached his Aug. 12 letter to Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, that addressed similar questions about security clearances and the safeguard of Clinton’s emails, an issue that has dogged Clinton on her presidential campaign trail.
Taken together, Kendall’s responses in the two letters answered nearly all of the 13 questions Grassley put to him.
Clinton’s lawyer did not address Grassley’s concern that the thumb drives were not stored securely enough between the State Department’s classification determinations in May and July, when the government installed a safe in Turner’s office to secure the emails.
Nor did Kendall respond to Grassley’s questions about the current status of Clinton’s own security clearances.
Earlier this month, Kendall gave the thumb drives to the FBI per the Justice Department’s recommendation. The email server, which was sent to a Colorado facility for safekeeping, was handed over to the FBI shortly thereafter, though its contents were wiped clean, Kendall said in his letter to Johnson.
Several judges in Washington are presiding over public-records suits about access to Clinton records. The cases have drawn in attorneys from Big Law who are representing Clinton’s former top aides at State.
Kendall’s letter to Grassley is posted below.
