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Hillary Rodham Clinton could face up to three years in prison per message if she is found to have broken her word and handled classified information on the secret account, one open records expert told The Washington Times. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton could face jail time as email scandal sparks legal challenges

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the reporters at United Nations headquarters on March 10, 2015. The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Clinton's tenure as secretary of state. (Associated Press)

Associated Press to sue State Dept. for Hillary Clinton emails

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the reporters at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Clinton conceded that she should have used a government email to conduct business as secretary of state, saying her decision was simply a matter of "convenience." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Hillary Clinton: Using private email was ‘convenient,’ server to stay ‘private’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Deputy Chief of Protocol Dennis Cheng (right) greets former British Prime Minister and Quartet Representative Tony Blair upon arrival at the State Department in Washington for a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Aug. 31, 2010. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton email scandal: Fundraiser who joined her at State Department under scrutiny

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Answering questions for the first time about her emails, Hillary Rodham Clinton said she's turned over to the State Department 55,000 pages of emails she deemed work-related, but said she got rid of the rest last year. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton deleted 32,000 ‘private’ emails, refuses to turn over server

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the reporters at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Clinton conceded that she should have used a government email to conduct business as secretary of state, saying her decision was simply a matter of "convenience." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

DONALD LAMBRO: Hillary Clinton makes a career of secrecy

By Donald Lambro

In a photo from Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hands off her mobile phone after arriving to meet with Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, Netherlands. Clinton urged the State Department to release the emails she wrote from a private email account as secretary of state, weighing in on a controversy that has generated negative attention this week for the likely Democratic presidential candidate. She still hasn't explained why she used her own email server and eschewed a State Department email address. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool/File) (credit)

Hillary limited to 1 email account per phone by State Department rules: report

By Staff

House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, about former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton using her personal email account for official business. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Trey Gowdy: Shame on me if I trust State Department to be ‘neutral arbiter’ of Clinton records

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, heads the House Select Committee on Benghazi. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton email scandal intensifies as Benghazi investigators find ‘huge gaps’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this 2011 photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her Blackberry from a desk inside a C-17 military plane en route to Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool, File)

Ex-ambassador alleges ‘different standard’ at State Department on private emails

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., left, confers with Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at the start of the panel's third public hearing to investigate the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Democrats say Benghazi subpoena politicizes Clinton email probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks during a town-hall meeting at Benedict College, Friday, March 6, 2015, in Columbia, S.C., about the importance of community involvement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama downplays Keystone, ignores State Department research on pipeline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton broke her silence on the burgeoning controversy shortly before midnight Wednesday by posting a note on her private Twitter account. "I want the public to see my email," she wrote. "I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible." (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails set for State Department review

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Clinton facing subpoena on Benghazi as Democrats’ fears grow over emails

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert leaves a lecture hall for a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, on March 5 after being attacked by a man wielding a razor. (Associated Press)

Mark Lippert, U.S. ambassador to South Korea, attacked

By Guy Taylor and John Solomon - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell (AP Photo/Eric Reichbaum) ** FILE **

Colin Powell used personal email account while secretary of state, aide confirms

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 18, 2011, photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her Blackberry from a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Tripoli, Libya. Clinton used a personal email account during her time as secretary of state, rather than a government-issued email address, potentially hampering efforts to archive official government documents required by law. Clinton's office said nothing was illegal or improper about her use of the non-government account and that she believed her business emails to State Department and other .gov accounts would be archived in accordance with government rules. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Hillary Clinton email shenanigans help skirt Benghazi probe: Gowdy

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her phone after attending a U.S.-Russia meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 23, 2010. The revelation that Mrs. Clinton used an off-the-books email account during her time as secretary of state has raised fresh questions about her credibility heading into 2016. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton hidden emails taint Obama transparency vow, boost Benghazi probe

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2015. Earnest answered questions about the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu and the funding issues for the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House not concerned about Hillary Clinton’s use of private email account

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles during a keynote address at the Watermark Silicon Valley Conference for Women, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Hillary Clinton didn’t use government email account as secretary of state: Report

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times