It&#x27;s absurd on is face to claim that the Secretary of State of the United States, <i>exclusively</i> using a private server, &quot;didn&#x27;t know&quot; that classified materials would be flowing through her server. It&#x27;s even more absurd to say &quot;they weren&#x27;t classified at the time.&quot; Classified materials don&#x27;t need to go through a formal classification process in order for them to contain classified materials. Either the material is or isn&#x27;t and a Secretary of State would know that.