BREAKING: State Department Audit Faults Clinton In Emails

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A State Department audit has faulted Hillary Clinton and previous secretaries of state for poorly managing email and other computer information and slowly responding to new cybersecurity risks.

The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report by the agency's inspector general Wednesday.

It cites "longstanding, systemic weaknesses" related to communications. These started before Clinton's appointment as secretary of state, but her failures were singled out as more serious.

The review came after revelations Clinton exclusively used a private email account and server while in office. Clinton is now the likely Democratic presidential nominee.

The 78-page report says the department and its secretaries were "slow to recognize and to manage effectively the legal requirements and cybersecurity risks associated with electronic data communications, particularly as those risks pertain to its most senior leadership."

UPDATE 10:43 AM:  

Statement from Office of the Inspector General 

Inspector General Charles McCullough’s Congressional Notice 

NEW EMAIL: OIG report has new email where Abedin asks HRC if she wants to get State email. HRC says no bc privacy https://t.co/JSajEPwssC

— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) May 25, 2016

MORE FROM REPORT: @hillaryclinton, Mills, Huma, Sullivan didn't cooperate w/State OIG probe. Powell, Albright, Rice did interviews

— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) May 25, 2016

State OIG report has Clinton aide shutting down private server in 2011 because "someone was trying to hack us." pic.twitter.com/t9jlsvJ044

— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) May 25, 2016

Candidate Biden warming up in the bullpen. https://t.co/WLTykYdRBk

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) May 25, 2016

Clinton Runs At Upson Downs: The Inaugural Prison Break Derby

While Ted Cruz was seen in Millionaire’s Row at the Kentucky Derby this past Saturday, doubtless enjoying a traditional mint julep, another politician was also at a horse race—not Churchill Downs mind you, but at Upson Downs for the running of the Inaugural Prison Break Derby.

Hillary was astride a swayback gelding spending the entire race looking over one shoulder and then the other because:

The FBI investigation swirling around Hillary Clinton’s presidential run appears to have entered the final stages. 

Many of the former Secretary of State’s key aides have been interviewed over the course of the last month, and Clinton herself is expected to answer investigators’ questions about her use of a private email server in the coming days or weeks. 

Former officials and legal experts say that Clinton’s testimony will likely be the final puzzle piece for federal prosecutors and FBI investigators as they decide whether to file any charges over her use of a personal email server.  

Bryan Pagliano, the IT specialist believed to have helped set up and maintained Clinton’s server, was granted immunity in exchange for his help with the investigation.  

Whatever the outcome of the case, the political controversy over Clinton’s email setup is unlikely to subside. 

Even if the Justice Department comes up empty, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits are currently making their way through the courts, and are likely to shed additional light on Clinton’s setup for months to come.