Officials have admitted via a federal court filing that the State Department destroyed the BlackBerry devices issued to two top aides of former Secretary Hillary Clinton. The Washington Times,
The filing came a day before officials will have to appear in court to detail the steps they took to try to track down Mrs. Clinton’s emails, and whatever computers or other devices she may have used to send them…
The State Department said Ms. Mills and Ms. Abedin were issued BlackBerry devices, which were likely turned in at the end of their service.
“Because the devices issued to Ms. Mills and Ms. Abedin would have been outdated models, in accordance with standard operating procedures those devices would have been destroyed or excessed,” the department said.
Ms. Mills‘ lawyer has told the court she returned her emails to the government earlier this year, while Ms. Abedin’s lawyer said they will return her emails by next week.
