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Chuck Grassley (Republican, IA) \u2014 2019-10-28

. In March of 2015, I began our long investigation into Secretary Clinton's use of nongovernment email for official business. Since then, I have written hundreds of letters, held hearings, and discussed my findings and concerns right here on the Senate floor. After all, the public's business ought to be public. prgtoken Today, we can add more findings to that ongoing list of Secretary Clinton's and her associates' wrongful conduct. prgtoken The other week I released a report from the State Department that finalized their administrative review of how Secretary Clinton's private server setup caused hundreds of security violations. That review found five things I am going to mention. prgtoken First, 91 valid security violations were identified and attributable to 38 individuals. That means 38 individuals mishandled classified information and were punished for it. The sanctions for a violation included suspension or revocation of their security clearance, suspension without pay, or termination, among other forms of punishment. prgtoken Second, an additional 497 valid violations were identified. However, the State Department was unable to determine who was culpable. The State Department was unable to identify culpability because some former Department employees didn't sit for interviews or because Secretary Clinton kept her server secret from government officials, so it was impossible for the Department to monitor security protocol in realtime. prgtoken The review also noted that there was a 5- to 9-year gap between the beginning of Secretary Clinton's State Department tenure when the security incidents began and when she finally turned over the emails, which she initially refused to do. prgtoken This many yearslong gap made it very challenging to determine who was culpable for every violation of regulation and law covering national security issues and the need for classification. prgtoken In total, Secretary Clinton's use of a nongovernment server for government business caused 588 security violations for mishandling classified information. Some of that classified information was classified at the very highest levels, including Top Secret/Special Access Program information. prgtoken According to the FBI, Secretary Clinton sent and received emails that contained highly classified information. It is hard to fathom how this wouldn't undermine our national security. If the average American did that, they would lose their clearance, their job, and might even go to jail. prgtoken That is what happened to Navy sailor Kristian Saucier. He took six photographs inside his submarine that exposed information classified at the confidential level. He mishandled classified information. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 1 year in Federal prison. prgtoken So people ask me: How come some people go to prison for violating classification and other people don't? prgtoken Let's go to the third point. The review found Secretary Clinton's nongo