Charles Ernest Grassley

“ He ultimately faced a House committee subpoena over the emails.
“The trend of using private email for public business is detrimental to good government. The public’s business ought to be public with few exceptions.” ”

“ So far, the State Department has put me off. The news reports today that Secretary Clinton never had a government email address underscores why my inquiry matters. If top State Department officials are conducting government business on private email, the content might never see the light of day. A measure of accountability and transparency is lost. The State Department should fulfill my request from June 2013. ”

“ A top State Department employee, Huma Abedin, worked both for the government and Teneo at the same time and reportedly had a private email account on an email server in the Secretary’s personal residence.
“A number of conflict of interest concerns arise when a government employee is simultaneously being paid by a private company, especially when that company, Teneo, ‘brings together the disciplines of government and public affairs,’ ” Grassley wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry. “Moreover, these concerns are heightened when high level employees, such as Ms. ”