newly released emails show hillary clinton <u+2019>s advisers and allies prodding the former secretary of state to apologize for using a private email server and acknowledging her reluctance to admit mistakes. the emails, published thursday by the website wikileaks, were apparently obtained from the account of john podesta, the clinton campaign chairman. they show clinton aides and associates discussing whether they could convince the presidential candidate to be more explicit in saying that she had erred. the clinton campaign has declined to verify the authenticity of the emails. after mrs. clinton addressed the issue in a september 2015 television interview, two top campaign advisers and a close associate discussed what they deemed a positive showing. but neera tanden, a longtime clinton confidante and associate, wrote, <u+201c>everyone wants her to apologize. and she should.<u+201d> <u+201c>apologies are like her achilles' heel,<u+201d> ms. tanden added in her correspondence with mr. podesta and jennifer palmieri, the campaign communications director. <u+201c>but she didn<u+2019>t seem like a bitch in the interview. and she said the word sorry.<u+201d> mrs. clinton said in the nbc interview about the email controversy that she was <u+201c>sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions.<u+201d> she also said she took responsibility for the fact that using a private server <u+201c>wasn<u+2019>t the best choice.<u+201d> a clinton campaign official on thursday condemned wikileaks, saying <u+201c>the illegal hack of john podesta<u+2019>s email is the work of the russian government, according to the fbi.<u+201d> the emails from wikileaks reveal tensions between doug band, a longtime aide to former president bill clinton and creator of one of the clinton foundation<u+2019>s largest initiatives, and the clintons<u+2019> daughter, chelsea. <u+201c>this is the third time this week where she has gone to daddy to change a decision or interject herself,<u+201d> he wrote in november 2011 to cheryl mills, a top aide to mrs. clinton. the source of his frustration wasn<u+2019>t clear from the emails. the conflicts between mr. band and ms. clinton led to mr. band leaving the foundation to focus on his consulting firm, teneo. ms. clinton has said she plans to remain on the foundation<u+2019>s board even if her mother is elected president. mr. band declined to comment, and a spokesman for ms. clinton didn<u+2019>t return a request for comment. emails show that clinton campaign officials early on began voicing concern about the foundation<u+2019>s activities while mrs. clinton was running for president. in october 2014, months before mrs. clinton began her campaign, now-campaign manager robby mook said that mrs. clinton<u+2019>s name should be removed from the foundation the following year, otherwise it would <u+201c>invite press scrutiny and she<u+2019>ll be held accountable for what happens there.<u+201d> his advice wasn<u+2019>t heeded for another 10 months. in august, the foundation said mrs. clinton<u+2019>s name would be removed if she were elected. separately, mrs. clinton on thursday filed written answers under penalty of perjury as part of a lawsuit brought by the group judicial watch against the state department. though mrs. clinton is not party to the lawsuit, a judge ordered her to submit written responses in questions from the group about how and why she came to use a private email server for all government business. mrs. clinton<u+2019>s answers to the group<u+2019>s questions under oath are largely consistent with her public statements on why she used an email server, saying <u+201c>convenience<u+201d> was the only reason she chose to use a private server set up in the basement of her new york home. she denied having ever been advised or cautioned that her computer setup may have conflicted with federal recordskeeping laws. mrs. clinton also said a number of times that she did not recall answers to questions posed by judicial watch. <u+2014>james v. grimaldi and byron tau contributed to this article. write to colleen mccain nelson at colleen.nelson@wsj.com and rebecca ballhaus at rebecca.ballhaus@wsj.com
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