It’s no secret that Hillary Clinton has said that having a personal server was acceptable because 1) former Secretary of State under Bush — Colin Powell — had a private server as well and, 2) Colin Powell told her to do so.

Because Colin Powell is black, that makes it acceptable.

From, of all places, People.com:

Colin Powell Says Hillary Clinton’s ‘People Have Been Trying to Pin’ Email Scandal on Him

by Sara Nathan and Jeff Nelson

Hillary Clinton‘s email scandal continues.

On Friday, the New York Times reported that Clinton told FBI officials former Secretary of State Colin Powell had advised her to use a personal email account while she held the Secretary of State office herself.

“Her people have been trying to pin it on me,” Powell, 79, told PEOPLE Saturday night at the Apollo in the Hamptons 2016 Night of Legends fête in East Hampton, New York.

Wait for it.

“The truth is, she was using [the private email server] for a year before I sent her a memo telling her what I did,” Powell added.

Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post wrote:

The attempt to — again — equate what Powell did with what Clinton did is yet more evidence that either the candidate, her senior advisers or both simply don’t get it. No, Clinton wasn’t indicted by the Justice Department for her email setup. But she was badly reprimanded by FBI Director James Comey for her email practices; it was an unequivocal condemnation of her conduct in relation to her approach to electronic communications while serving as the country’s top diplomat.

For whatever reason — and despite the fact that Clinton has said on several occasions that she knows she made a mistake — she seems incapable of accepting that responsibility and moving on. No secretary of state — up to and including Colin Powell — handled their email setup like Clinton. That’s a fact.

That is a fact.

For those interested, you can search for Hillary’s emails on Wikileaks here.

BZ