Dem. Congressman Won’t Answer Clinton Emails Question, Tries Desperately to Change Subject

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Did Hillary Clinton sign a required State Department exit form (OF-109) mandating the surrender of all unclassified documents related to her work? And, if she did, does the revelation that she may have held back emails mean that she broke the law? Queried about the subject on Fox News Sunday, Democratic congressman Adam Schiff (Calif.), a member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, was less than eager to talk about it.

“I don’t know if she signed it,” said Schiff. “I assume we’ll find out. I hope we find out about whether all prior secretaries have signed it. But let’s also talk about Benghazi.”

When host Chris Wallace pushed back against Schiff’s non-answer, a brief back-and-forth ensued: “She clearly didn’t live up to this pledge, you would agree?” asked Wallace.

“I don’t know what the terms of that require” — at which point Wallace volunteered to hand Schiff the document.

“‘That I acquired,’” Schiff said then, apparently trying to clarify the document to which he moments before had pleaded ignorance. “Now, I don’​t know what that means exactly, and we would have to study it.”

“But let’s be fair about this,” he continued, once again trying to shift the conversation: “We are talking about an investigation on Benghazi, right? What does this have to do with Benghazi? And the answer is absolutely nothing. This committee has long since departed from being a committee about Benghazi. It’s now a special investigation of secretary state Hillary Clinton. Otherwise, what possible relevance does that form have to Benghazi?”

For more information about whether Hillary Clinton may have broken the law, read National Review Online’​s Shannen Coffin, here and here.