Come ON! Check out the State Dept's excuse after getting busted coordinating with Hillary's campaign

In addition to coordinating with a Justice Department official involved in the Clinton probe, emails released by WikiLeaks show that Hillary’s campaign chair John Podesta also communicated with the State Department:

Hacked emails show Clinton campaign communicated with State https://t.co/2Phl5JewoS via @YahooNews

— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) November 2, 2016

A State Department official appeared to coordinate with Hillary Clinton’s campaign team hours before the former secretary of state’s exclusive use of private emails was first detailed in a news account last year, newly released hacked emails show.

Emails from the files of Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta show that the department official provided Clinton aides with the agency’s official response to a New York Times reporter in advance of the newspaper’s March 2015 report that Clinton had used a private email account to conduct all of her work-related business as secretary.

The State Department’s excuse? Hold on to your hats:

State Dept. spokesman says department communicated with Clinton campaign aides "to ensure accuracy" about her tenure https://t.co/wNU6DDq6yd

— Jesse Byrnes (@jessebyrnes) November 2, 2016

They just wanted to make sure everything was accurate? Riiiiight.

Kirby also did the usual dodging:

VIDEO – @statedeptspox Dodges When Pushed on Why State Dept. Coordinated with Clinton Campaign on Email Issue https://t.co/gVd2ccVFcB

— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) November 2, 2016