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<\/a>The Gmail account was set up after an iPad for Clinton was purchased so that she could read \u201carticles of interest\u201d sent to her. | AP Photo<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
By JOSH GERSTEIN Hillary Clinton used a previously undisclosed Gmail account during her tenure as secretary of state, as revealed in summaries of interviews released by the FBI on Friday.<\/p>\n According to one unnamed former aide, the Gmail account was set up in 2010 after he purchased an iPad for Clinton so that she could read \u201carticles of interest\u201d sent to her.<\/p>\n \u201c[NAME REDACTED] stated that she could not view the articles on her Blackberry and the iPad and email account were set up as a way to test a different delivery method,\u201d the FBI\u2019s account of the interview reads. The unnamed aide said he was \u201cfairly sure\u201d the Gmail account wasn\u2019t used after its initial setup, however.<\/p>\n The aide also recounted how, \u201cafter he gave the Secretary the iPad, the Secretary fell asleep holding the unopened packaging in her arms.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis struck [NAME REDACTED] as funny because, in contrast, he would not be able to sleep if he had just received a new iPad,\u201d the summary reads. \u201cHe noted that this episode was foreshadowing for how little she would use the iPad.\u201d<\/p>\n The aide also said that he could not recall configuring the iPad to use any email addresses other than the Gmail account.<\/p>\n The unnamed aide appears to be Philippe Reines, a longtime Clinton staffer known for some epically bruising interactions with the press.<\/p>\n An email released by the State Department shows a June 25, 2010, message to Clinton informing her that the device had been acquired.<\/p>\n \u201cyour iPad has arrived!\u201d Reines wrote. The subject line of the email was simply: \u201chPad.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat is exciting news–do you think you can teach me to use it on the flight to Kyev next week?\u201d Clinton responded the following morning.<\/p>\n The FBI asked Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, two of Clinton\u2019s closest aides, about the Gmail account. Mills said she was \u201cnot aware\u201d of the account while at the State Department, while Abedin told the FBI she was not familiar with it.<\/p>\n Mills did, however, know about Clinton\u2019s iPad, which she said was used \u201creview news articles,\u201d according to the FBI. Mills said she didn\u2019t know if Clinton used the Gmail account to send emails.<\/p>\n
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