Yes, he did but destroyed every single email? Powell left the State Department in 2005 and if he destroyed every single email, then how did the State Department go through his emails, private emails, and find two that were retroactively classified confidential last year? Just for the record, he left State ten years ago and they were still able to go through his private emails, with his full cooperation. Every Secretary of State, including John Kerry, fully cooperated with the Inspector General's investigation into the email practices except Hillary.