ABC News White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl took a dig Sunday at Hillary Clinton's response to her email controversy, saying it "seemed like a case study in how not to do damage control."
On "This Week," Karl began by noting how Clinton attempted to put to rest the many lingering concerns over her use of of a personal email address on her own server as the nation's top diplomat. But Clinton's efforts to answer questions only raised more questions, which she has not yet answered. And now, Clinton could face even more pressure to hand over her personal email server now that Republicans in Congress are expected to become more involved.
Karl reported that Republicans expect House Speaker John Boehner to announce an investigation into Clinton's emails, including the 30,000 emails she has already admitted to destroying because she deemed them all personal in nature. But it was the network reporter's next line that suggests Clinton's problems run much deeper than concealed emails.
"As for how Mrs. Clinton has handled the controversy so far? It seemed like a case study in how not to do damage control, Karl said.
He added that for nine days, there was silence from the former Secretary of State. In a tweet, she asked the State Department to release her emails, but that wouldn't include the "personal" ones she admitted to deleting.
"[A]nd then the reason she gave for not using government email at all?" Karl said. "It would have been inconvenient."
Despite all the questions still being asked, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid maintains that this is all just a "hiccup" for the likely 2016 presidential candidate.
"I have no concerns about what she did," Reid said.
Watch ABC's full report below:
(H/T: ABC News)
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