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The Truth About Bill Clinton's Emails

<span>The former president says he only ever sent two electronic missives. Yeah, right. </span>
Source: Reuters

Updated at 9:54 a.m. ET on October 2, 2019.

Bill Clinton, the first United States president to send an email from the White House, is famous for practically never having used it. Clinton "sent a grand total of two emails as president," he said in a 2011 talk, a claim that has since been repeated widely.

Except it's not true.

The email often cited as Clinton's first presidential email was to astronaut John Glenn

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