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Washington–
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
joined
Senator
Cory
Gardner
(R-CO)
and
Senate
Majority
Whip
John
Cornyn
(R-TX)
to
introduce
the
TRUST
Act
(S.3135),
legislation
that
would
revoke
Former
Secretary
of
State
Hillary
Clinton’s
security
clearance
as
well
as
the
security
clearances
of
Secretary
Clinton’s
colleagues
at
the
State
Department
who
exhibited
extreme
carelessness
in
their
handling
of
classified
information.
Additionally,
the TRUST
(Taking
Responsibility
Using
Secured
Technologies) Act
expresses
the
sense
of
Congress
that
Secretary
Clinton
should
not
have
access
to
classified
information
again
until
she
earns
the
legal
right
to
such
access.
“The
bottom
line
is
Secretary
Clinton
created
her
own
email
system,
used
it
to
send
classified
documents,
and
was
most
likely
hacked
by
foreign
operatives,”
Senator
Scott
said.
“This
exhibits
a
serious
lack
of
judgment,
and
must
have
consequences.
I’m
pleased
to
stand
with
Senators
Gardner
and
Cornyn
to
introduce
the
TRUST
Act
to
ensure
Secretary
Clinton
and
other
employees
of
the
State
Department
who
jeopardized
critical
national
security
information
lose
their
security
clearance."
“The
FBI’s
investigation
into
Secretary
Clinton’s
personal
e-mail
server
confirmed
what
Americans
across
the
country
already
know:
Secretary
Clinton
recklessly
accessed
classified
information
on
an
insecure
system
–
establishing
a
vulnerable
and
highly
desirable
target
for
foreign
hackers,”
said
Gardner.
“If
the
FBI
won’t
recommend
action
based
on
its
findings,
Congress
will.
At
the
very
least,
Secretary
Clinton
should
not
have
access
to
classified
information
and
our
bill
makes
sure
of
it.”
“Access
to
classified
information
is
a
tremendous
responsibility,
and
should
only
be
entrusted
to
those
who
will
treat
that
information
with
the
care
it
deserves,”
said
Senator
Cornyn.
“When
individuals
mishandle
our
country’s
most
sensitive
information
they
jeopardize
national
security
and
shouldn’t
be
trusted
with
such
an
important
responsibility.”
The
TRUST
Act
was
introduced
after
the
conclusion
of
the
FBI’s
investigation
into
Secretary
Clinton’s
use
of
a
personal
e-mail
system
in
her
capacity
as
Secretary
of
State.
In
an
announcement
earlier
this
week,
FBI
Director
James
Comey
said
that
“there
is
evidence
that
they
were
extremely
careless
in
their
handling
of
very
sensitive,
highly
classified
information”
and
“none
of
these
e-mails
should
have
been
on
any
kind
of
unclassified
system,
but
their
presence
is
especially
concerning
because
all
of
these
e-mails
were
housed
on
unclassified
personal
servers
not
even
supported
by
full-time
security
staff.”
The
FBI
uncovered
several
thousand
additional
emails
related
to
her
position,
some
of
which
contained
classified
material,
that
were
not
included
in
the
30,000
emails
Clinton
handed
over
to
the
State
Department.
Comey
concluded
the
FBI’s
findings
with
“we
assess
it
is
possible
that
hostile
actors
gained
access
to
Secretary
Clinton’s
personal
e-mail
account.”
Comey
stated
the
investigation
initially
focused
on
whether
classified
information
was
transmitted
on
Secretary
Clinton’s
personal
e-mail
system
and
evolved
to
determine
if
there
is
evidence
that
classified
information
was
not
properly
transmitted
or
stored
on
that
personal
e-mail
system
and
whether
there
is
evidence
that
the
system
was
hacked
by
foreign
or
hostile
hackers.
While
Comey
confirmed
that
classified
information
was
transmitted
and
stored
improperly
and
the
personal
e-mail
system
may
have
been
hacked,
he
formally
recommended
that
no
charges
be
filed
against
Secretary
Clinton.
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