Hillary Clinton has graced social media today with a fantastic animated GIF which perfectly sums up her crumbling defense of her private email server. Clinton stuck around following a campaign event to meet with the press, and it was Fox News’ Ed Henry who threw her off her game by asking if she had ever tried to wipe the hard drive of her private email server.
Clinton’s press secretary, Brian Fallon, sprung into action on Twitter to defend his boss.
.@EdHenry himself reported the server was empty months ago. Maybe he forgot.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 18, 2015
Or maybe it was just today that news broke that someone had tried to wipe the server clean, not just delete the emails. Big difference.
Fox's Ed Henry asks Hillary Clinton whether she wiped the server. She shrugged her shoulders.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) August 18, 2015
Clinton continually declines to answer the question from Henry: "Did you wipe the server?" Wow.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) August 18, 2015
Huh? It has been known for months that no emails resided on the server. https://t.co/XNJyOzavkD
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 18, 2015
This is not going well for Hillary Clinton. She abruptly ends the presser.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) August 18, 2015
Interesting that Clinton's default reaction to emails investigation is to joke. First Snapchat, now "like with a cloth or something?"
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 18, 2015
Hillary Clinton won't say if her server was wiped clean in testy exchange with reporters, @PostRoz reports http://t.co/p6129BS1ox
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 18, 2015
Kendall indicated server was empty months ago MT @PhilipRucker Hillary Clinton won't say if her server was wiped clean, @PostRoz reports
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 18, 2015
Kendall is Hillary Clinton’s lawyer, David Kendall, is who currently being pressured by Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to reveal when, why, and from whom he received security clearance to carry around Clinton’s possibly top secret emails on a thumb drive.
There’s a big difference between erasing files and wiping the hard drive, which is meant to zero-out all data on the disk beyond any chance of recovery. It’s in those cases when the forensics folks at the FBI step in, just as they have here.
Last month, Fallon only had to maintain the story that all known emails were turned over.
@brianefallon what is the explanation for the missing emails?
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) July 29, 2015
@blakehounshell Who is saying there are "missing emails"? That implies there are known emails that were not turned over.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) July 29, 2015
Both the press and public have long lost patience with that narrative, though.
@brianefallon @blakehounshell You sure you want to stick with that line?
— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) August 18, 2015
https://twitter.com/PureMitten/status/633749720846831616
@brianefallon @blakehounshell Blumenthal turns over his and contain Hillary sending/receiving. HRC's submission doesnt match=missing email
— ksucats (@ksucats85) August 18, 2015
@brianefallon @blakehounshell Implies??? There were THOUSANDS of missing emails. 31,830 per this report http://t.co/kStuh3Iu8J
— Hootyman (@TheHootyman) August 18, 2015