>> Read the full email exchange here

According to Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider blog, Democrats on a U.S. House panel released the emails Wednesday night as Clinton was pressed during an NBC News forum on why she set up a private email server while Secretary of State.

“This email exchange shows that Secretary Powell advised Secretary Clinton with a detailed blueprint on how to skirt security rules and bypass requirements to preserve federal records,” said Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).

“If it is public that you have a Blackberry, it may become an official record and subject to the law," he wrote.

– Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider blog contributed to this report.

About the Author

Featured

Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

Credit: NYT