Morning Joe Gets It Wrong on Clinton's Emails (HILLARY GROUP)

[DeepModem Mom]

Today on Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough continued to spread misinformation about Hillary Clinton’s emails by wrongfully stating that Hillary Clinton did not comply with regulations.

SCARBOROUGH: Again though, the regulation is clear and they’re supposed to back it up, and they’re supposed to back it up by having it at the server at the department where they work. She didn’t do that.

The Facts Are Clear:

The 2009 federal regulation on handling electronic emails did not require that emails be preserved in real time. It stated that: “Agencies that allow employees to send and receive official electronic mail messages using a system not operated by the agency must ensure that Federal records sent or received on such systems are preserved in the appropriate agency recordkeeping system.”

It wasn’t until 2014 that the federal regulations were updated to require emails be preserved in real time. The law now required federal government officials using nongovernment email systems to forward a “complete copy of the record to an official electronic messaging account of the officer or employee not later than 20 days after the original creation or transmission of the record.”

Secretary Clinton complied with the rules and regulations in place when she was Secretary of State. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said, “There was no prohibition on using a non-state.gov account for official business, as long as it’s preserved.”

Secretary Clinton took measures to ensure that her emails were appropriately preserved. Clinton conducted government business with others on their government email addresses, which would ensure emails were captured on government servers.

According to Business Insider, “two former State Department officials…argued that Clinton was careful to utilize the email address in a manner that went above and beyond regulatory requirements and ensured her communications were preserved.”

The State Department asked every Secretary of State dating back to Madeleine Albright to provide records, including emails, from their time in office and Secretary Clinton was the only one to respond. Secretary Clinton responded to the State Department’s request for emails, providing the Department with over 55,000 pages of emails.

http://correctrecord.org/morning-joe-gets-it-wrong-on-clintons-emails/ via Correct the Record

[Thinkingabout]

1. This morning he got past saying she broke the laws like Petraeus and Petraeus was sentenced and he

Wanted Hillary to have the same thing. Now today she broke regulations but was really policy. He keeps backing off of his original rants. Filibuster Joe.

[msrizzo]

2. He's a blowhard...

a shill, and an ass. I can't even watch that show anymore.

[RussBLib]

3. he's a typical Repub. If you repeat it often enough, people will believe it

I'm afraid Mika is starting to believe him too. I generally don't watch the show but catch it now and then. And the emails story is usually all he wants to talk about. Repetition, repetition, repetition.

[greatlaurel]

4. I never liked that show. Both Scar and Mika are very creepy and disturbing individuals.

The best thing is to not watch that show and to ignore their lies. As Democrats we should avoid watching and further accelerate their slide into oblivion.

You are made of much sterner stuff than me to be able to watch that show. The hosts are awful people and their statements are so ignorant about real issues. They are two of the meanest and dumbest people on TV. It is good they are on a show together that way I can easily ignore them.