First deposition in email scandal reveals Clinton’s computer illiteracy
A transcript of the first deposition in the Hillary Clinton
email scandal has revealed that the Democratic Presidential hopeful did
not know how to use email on a computer, nor did she use a password.
Clinton’s
computer illiteracy was detailed in the deposition from US Ambassador
Lewis Lukens conducted on May 18 and released Thursday.
In the
sworn testimony, Lukens, who was a State Department official responsible
for logistics and management support during Clinton’s tenure as
Secretary of State, said he was advised that Clinton did not “know how to use a computer to do e-mail,” only a Blackberry.
Lukens offered to provide training to Clinton so she could access her email on a desktop computer but said he was told “the Secretary is very comfortable checking her e-mails on a Blackberry.”
The
use of personal phones in the Secretary’s official office suite is
prohibited but according to Lukens, Clinton’s aide Cheryl Mills
suggested a workaround, requesting he set up a “space for her to go check her BlackBerry.”
