The Republican National Committee released a new political ad Friday calling Hillary Clinton a "crooked" liar after a new State Department inspector general report released this week contradicted her long-held defense of her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state.
The ad begins by showing the words "Crooked Hillary is at it again" on screen next to a picture of Clinton, with her own words playing in the background of past arguments she has made justifying her email practices.
"The laws and regulations in effect when I was secretary of state allowed me to use my email for work. That is undisputed," Clinton can be heard saying as the video cuts to her making the statement at the United Nations last year.
The ad then shows the image of a USA Today news article titled "Clinton Broke Email Security Rules" and the excerpt "use of a private server ... did not seek permission, would have been denied" from a New York Times story published May 25. A news anchor in the background can be heard reporting on the story.
The ad proceeds to cut back and forth between clips of Clinton defending her private server as being allowed by the State Department and excerpts on screen from the IG report, news stories, and other statements disproving those claims.
In the last screen shot, an image of Clinton is shown on screen with the statement "We‘ve had enough of crooked Hillary’s lies’" next to her. As the ad ends, a recording can be heard in the background saying, "You have to step back and remember, this was her State Department. It’s the IG in her department that is making this determination."
The IG report, written by the State Department watchdog appointed by President Obama, says that Clinton failed to comply with National Archives and Records Administration regulations on the use of personal email accounts by senior administration officials.
"She did not comply with the Department’s policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act," the document reads. "Secretary Clinton should have preserved any Federal records she created and received on her personal account by printing and filing those records with the related files in the Office of the Secretary."
The IG report appears to undercut Clinton’s argument that her home-brewed server did not violate State Department rules, which may prove troublesome on the campaign trail as she seeks the Democratic presidential nomination.