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Hillary Clinton: "I took the unprecedented step of asking that the State Department make all my work-related emails public for everyone to see." Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption

Hillary Clinton: "I took the unprecedented step of asking that the State Department make all my work-related emails public for everyone to see."

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee not just a rank-and-file House member alleged Tuesday that Hillary Clinton likely broke the law with her use of private emails as secretary of state.

"I think they all fall into one great big mistake she made," Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa told Newsmax before adding: "And it could be a violation of law, probably is a violation of law. Some people are suggesting she could even be prosecuted, and it's as simple as this she was using a private email address instead of a government one, and it probably violates the Freedom of Information Act, it probably violates national security legislation."

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, charged that Hillary Clinton "probably" broke the law with her exclusive use of a private email address while secretary of state. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

The charge of breaking the law, going around the law or being above it, is one Clinton is certain to face if she testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi led by South Carolina Republican Trey Gowdy.

But what are the facts? And what are the laws?

The Laws

At issue are four sections of the law: the Federal Records Act, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) regulations and Section 1924 of Title 18 of the U.S. Crimes and Criminal Procedure Code.

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Fact Check: Hillary Clinton, Those Emails And The Law