The first part of his response shouldn't be news. The fact that a presidential cabinet secretary uses his official .gov email account in carrying out his duties isn't extraordinary. In fact, it's not even plain-old ordinary;
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CNN: Do you use private email accounts?
Castro: I have my government email account -- of course I have my private email, but I have my government email. But that's besides the point. I think...
CNN: Do you do government business on the government account?
Castro: That's right. That's right.
Here, Castro does the best he can. He notes that of course he uses private email like everyone else, but he conducts official business over official email, as the rules compel him to do. The fact that certain other individuals may not have felt quite as constrained by those rules is "besides the point," he assures us, setting up the predictable "distraction!" talking point in defense of his party's presumptive nominee. Evincing anything less than utter respect for the requirements governing his public communications would have caused problems for himself and his current boss, but underscoring the importance of playing by the rules would reflect poorly on his potential future boss. Such is life when one feels an obligation to protect the Clintons.
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To recap: Hillary Clinton improperly established a secret email server to exert total control over her public emails. She used an account as Secretary of State that her lawyers told Congressional investigators didn't exist. Her team deleted tens of thousands of emails without any independent supervision, then reportedly wiped the server clean. Hillary and Bill Clinton's foundation accepted
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