Colin Powell BURIES Hillary during red carpet interview with People Mag: 'The truth is . . .'

Colin Powell continues to push back on the claim that while being interviewed by the FBI, Hillary Clinton reportedly told agents the former secretary of state recommended that she use a private email account at the State Department.

In response to Clinton throwing him under the bus, Powell said in a statement he “has no recollection” of a dinner party conversation where he allegedly offered that advice.

Powell offered an even more stringent denial over the weekend during a red carpet interview with People Magazine — a denial that all but buries Clinton.

Colin Powell says Clinton was using private email server for a year before he sent memo telling her what he did https://t.co/Iv8FjoRSal

— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) August 22, 2016

Bloomberg political reporter Sahil Kapur tweeted a damning snapshot of Powell saying that Clinton was ALREADY using a private email server before any exchanges between them took place:

Colin Powell on Clinton's email scandal: "Her people have been trying to pin it on me."https://t.co/fRa1M62cC2 pic.twitter.com/nCW8OpTdtq

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 22, 2016

All of which prompted some to ask if Clinton lied to the FBI after all, and if that would amount to perjury:

So then did Clinton lie to the FBI, which Comey said she didn’t, with this anecdote? https://t.co/x8m4dMA028 https://t.co/ZxpeDFMq9b

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) August 22, 2016

Perjury https://t.co/u9phnLfWyr

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 22, 2016

The reaction on social media served to reinforce the reason some refer to Bill Clinton as “Slick Willy”… here’s a small sampling of responses from Twitter:

@jpodhoretz @esqcapades Perjury. Just a word for a crime people not named Clinton or Obama get prosecuted for.

— TruthNotAgenda (@thomasa56) August 22, 2016

@jpodhoretz lying to the FBI used to be a bad thing. Can you imagine the trouble she’d be in were her last name Lochte?

— Duane Patterson (@Radioblogger) August 22, 2016

@jpodhoretz Not if she didn’t say when. The Clintons are masters of this kind of parsing.

— Blaknsam (@Blaknsam) August 22, 2016

@jpodhoretz Depends on what the meaning of “told” is. “He told me. I didn’t say when he told me.”

— More Guitar (@WhatPipes) August 22, 2016

@jpodhoretz Not if the FBI didn’t put her under oath and according to Comey they did not.

— Steve_Jacobson (@Steve_Jacboson) August 22, 2016

H/T Twitchy.com

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