Bill Clinton blames Republicans, media for extending wife Hillary's email controversy

Bill Clinton blames Republicans, media for extending wife Hillary's email controversy

Former President Bill Clinton is blaming Republicans and the media for the controversy related to his wife and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s email controversy, saying the GOP has led a “full-scale frontal assault” on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

 “I have never seen so much expended on so little,” the former president said in an interview aired Sunday on CNN. “The other party doesn’t want to run against her. And if they do, they’d like her as mangled up as possible.”

Clinton maintains that she didn’t break any rules or laws by using the private system, including those on sending and receiving confidential emails. But she has admitted to making a mistake in judgment and has said she is sorry, in an effort to bury the controversy.

She has turned over thousands of official emails that the government is releasing in batches. And federal officials reportedly will be able to recover those she deemed private and deleted, which is prolonging the controversy.

Bill Clinton likened the email controversy to questions over the White-water land deal that he faced during his 1992 presidential campaign. Saying the furore was more politics than substance, Clinton argued that his wife has been open in answering questions and will bounce back from a decline in the polls.

 

Courtesy - Fox News