THE BAIS HAVAAD HALACHA JOURNAL: Volume 5775 Issue XXIII Parshas Vayikra Controversy Over the Former Secretary's Personal Email Are a Public Servant’s Documents Public Record? by Rabbi Micha Cohn

This week it was discovered that former Secretary of State Clinton used a personal email server to conduct official business. While thousands of emails have been released to the State Department, some members of Congress want the entire server to be turned over. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. said that he would like a neutral, detached, observer to decide which emails are made public and which remain private. In this article we will discuss whether public servants can be compelled to disclose information to their constituents.