Hillary Clinton caught reading Pence e-mail controversy

New York March 6 (IANS) Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been caught intently looking at a newspaper story about Vice President Mike Pence s e-mail controversy according to local media reports.

While sitting in a Boston-to-New York flight Clinton was caught by a passenger glancing at a front-page story in USA Today Pence used personal e-mail in office Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

The photo posted on the passenger s Twitter account was quickly and widely circulated.

Clinton s 2016 Democratic presidential bid was mired in her use of private e-mail server to send and receive official State Department information.

An FBI investigation concluded that Clinton s actions were extremely careless but not criminal.

Pence used his e-mail account which was hacked last summer at times to discuss sensitive matters and homeland security issues when he was Governor of Indiana the Indianapolis Star reported on Thursday.

I am very confident our e-mail practices were in compliance with Indiana s laws Pence told reporter on Friday in Wisconsin.

He also said there is no comparison whatsoever between his situation and Clinton s considering she mishandled classified information and destroyed e-mail requested by members of Congress and other officials.

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