Hillary Clinton private emails: Criminal investigation …

Story highlights Hillary Clinton on Friday criticized what she called "a lot of inaccuracies" in brief remarks she made about the classified emails. An intelligence inspector general said that some material Clinton emailed from her private server contained classified information. The IG noted, however, that "none of the emails we reviewed had classification or dissemination markings."

Because it was not identified, it is unclear whether Clinton realized she was potentially compromising classified information.

The IG reviewed a "limited sampling" of her emails and among those 40 reviewed found that "four contained classified [intelligence community] information," wrote the IG Charles McCullough in a letter to Congress.

McCullough noted that "none of the emails we reviewed had classification or dissemination markings" but that some "should have been handled as classified, appropriately marked, and transmitted via a secure network."

The four emails in question "were classified when they were sent and are classified now," spokeswoman Andrea Williams told CNN.

McCullough said that State Department Freedom of Information Act officials told the intelligence community IG that "there are potentially hundreds of classified emails within the approximately 30,000 provided by former Secretary Clinton."

Clinton on Friday criticized what she called "a lot of inaccuracies" in brief remarks about the classified emails.

She added that she had released 500 pages of emails and that "I've said repeatedly that I will answer questions" posed by a congressional panel.

"But I'm also going to stay focused on the issues, particularly the big issues that really matter to American families," she said.

In the past, Clinton has denied sending classified information from her personal sever.

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