article_snippet: According to the Associated Press, it was the White House counsel's office that ordered the State Department to retrieve Clinton's old emails.
article_snippet: Earnest did note that Clinton's detractors and government watchdogs haven't provided 'any evidence' that would indicate that the former administration official and Clinton team are 'not being forthright' about turning in copies of all of Clinton email communications from Clinton four years in the president's cabinet.
article_snippet: Unwilling or unable to say who in at the State Department was responsible for making sure Clinton fully complied with the demand, the deputy spokesman there, Marie Harf, directed journalists to the former secretary of state.
article_snippet: Pressed to declare that Clinton was 'confident' that all of Clinton's pertinent emails were now in the possession of the federal government Clinton said, 'what I’m saying is Clinton staff has stated that anything related to Clinton work has been given to the State Department.' '
article_snippet: But this is obviously a confirmation her staff has to make,' Clinton added, after a reporter asked if Clinton has any 'reason to doubt' the veracity of Clinton's claims.
article_snippet: Clinton said Clinton did not.
article_snippet: I want to be clear, I am not trying to defend Clinton,' his said. '
article_snippet: Total,' Clinton told National Journal. '
article_snippet: There isn't one secretary of State that ever did that because the law didn't change until after Clinton left, so they're making a mountain out of a molehill,' Clinton added.
article_snippet: And Clinton, first through a spokesman, and then through Twitter has touched on the issue.
highlights_snippet: State Department wouldn't say it was 'confident' that Clinton had turned over all Clinton emails from Clinton tenure there .
  