Do a little research Akrider and you will find a long list of public officials who used private email servers, including many Republicans. While permanent Federal employees have very strict rules, political appointees it is much looser as they are inherently political, and the Hatch Act does not apply to them. It was never a scandal until Hillary did it, although I personally believe all public buisness should be conducted and recorded on government systems. But how do you deal with confidential political communications? And how about the 1.5 million emails that former President George Bush "lost"? Does anyone believe that?