Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not handing over her private server as requested, claiming she already “wiped it clean.”

Clinton’s lawyer said that she turned over all work-related emails as requested in relation to the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks, according to Headlines & Global News.

Friday was the deadline for Clinton to respond to the congressional subpoena for all of her emails that related to Libya and Benghazi.

Her lawyer informed Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. that since she did turn over all work-related email from her personal account that she decided to wipe her server clean and permanently delete everything.

Her lawyer added, “The Department of State is therefore in possession of all Secretary Clinton’s work-related emails from the (personal email) account.”

During her for years as secretary, Clinton handled all federal business from her insecure personal email account and private server from her home and refused to use a government-issued email address.

During a press conference earlier in the month, Clinton disclosed that she deleted 30,000 emails from her account that was of personal nature. She said that all of the remaining business-related emails were turned over to the State Department for public record.
Although it is not clear when Clinton deleted her emails, Gowdy believes that it occurred after the State Department asked her to turn them over in October.

If she did in fact delete the emails after the initial request, she could be guilty of abolishing evidence and U.S. government property. In that case, it could disturb a successful bid for White House.

“In light of the Secretary’s unprecedented email arrangement with herself and her decision nearly two years after she left office to permanently delete all emails and because the equities at stake involve not only those of the Select Committee and Congress more broadly, but also those of the American people and their right to the full record of her tenure as secretary of State, we will work with the leadership of the House of Representatives as the Committee considers next steps,” Gowdy said. “But it is clear Congress will need to speak with the former Secretary about her email arrangement and the decision to permanently delete those emails.”

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus commented on the situation, condemning Clinton for wiping her server clean and apparently permanently deleting important correspondence.