MSNBC’s Ari Melber took aim at Hillary Clinton for her purposeful evasion of the Freedom of Information Act by conducting government business on a personal email account and setting up her own server to avoid proper documentation.
Melber decried Clinton deleting thousands of emails and wiping her server clean. The former secretary of state never explained why she felt the need to clear her server sometime after the State Department asked her to turn over her records.
"By merging her records and deleting 30,000 of her emails, that system basically routed around the goal of this transparency law," Melber said of Clinton’s private email account.
The MSNBC co-host of The Cycleemphasized the importance of government transparency and celebrated the idea behind FOIA: "Citizens can decide what matters and if it matters, not the politicians."
"That’s just not a nice idea, it’s the law," Melber said.
Melber accused Clinton of undermining government transparency for the sake of her convenience.
"The Freedom of Information Act wasn't designed to be convenient. It was designed to be thorough."