article_snippet: The White House, State Department and Clinton personal office knew in August 2014 that the former secretary of state was using a private email account to conduct official government business.
article_snippet: Clinton's staff, who knew that House Republicans had received information from the private email address, made the decision to keep the information from the public.
article_snippet: Clinton's staff waited until after the New York Times published an article on Tuesday about the subject to discuss the private email address.
article_snippet: White House and State Department staff, as well as Hillary Clinton's personal office knew about Hillary Clinton personal email address in August, but Hillary Clinton's personal office decided to keep the information from the public .
article_snippet: Key personnel from the Obama Administration and on Clinton's staff were aware of the private email address for six months, sources said, according to Politico.
article_snippet: State Department first became aware of the private email address when responding to a request form the House Select Committee during the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the US consulate based in the Libyan city of Benghazi.
article_snippet: When State and White House officials noticed Clinton's private email address on documents, State and White House officials notified Clinton personal staff and said State and White House officials should take lead, since Clinton was no longer a government employee.
article_snippet: Former Barack Obama senior adviser David Axelrod has said that the longer Secretary Clinton’s and Secretary Clinton’s team wait to respond to the flurry of questions about Secretary Clinton’s use of not only a non-official email for Secretary Clinton’s work at the State Department but also a personal domain name and a private server, the likelier the situation is to get out of hand. '
highlights_snippet: Staff discovered private emails in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate based in the Libyan city of Benghazi .
  
highlights_snippet: Staff decided that since she was no longer part of government, she personal office should handle the information .
  
highlights_snippet: Clinton's staff decided to keep quiet about the private email address .
  