The White House will not release emails exchanged between President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a senior administration official said on Friday, October 30.
White House will not release emails between President and Hillary Clinton
Obama and Clinton did exchange emails and those records will be released after Obama leaves office, the official said.
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The emails will be protected by the presidential records act, which shields communications of sitting U.S. presidents from public view.
"There is a long history of presidential records being kept confidential while the president is in office," the official said.
The New YorkTimes first reported that the White House will try to block the release of the emails, which were discovered by the State Department in its effort to release Clinton's emails.
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The State Department declined to comment on the White House's decision.
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