Evidence Reveals White House Helped Contain Clinton's Email Scandal

New evidence shows that officials in the White House coordinated with people on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's staff to help contain her email scandal.

Documents, obtained by The Blaze, were released to the Republican National Committee as a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking information from Clinton's time as Secretary of State.

Select pages of the documents show White House and State Department communication officials discussing how to keep Secretary of State John Kerry from having to answer questions about the issue during media appearances. These pages were also given to the The Wall Street Journal.

"Between us on the shows ... think we can get this done so he is not asked about email," White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri emailed State spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki on March 12, 2015.

"Good to go on killing CBS idea," Psaki replied a day later. "And we are going to hold on any other TV options just given the swirl of crap out there."

"Ha, I mean — the challenge stories out there," she retorted when Palmieri teased her about the phrase "swirl of crap" in another communication.

WSJ reports the messages reference Kerry's appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" three days later. Kerry was never asked about the email scandal.

"No subject was off-limits when this interview was arranged, as is the CBS News standard," CBS spokeswoman Caitlin Conant told the newspaper. 

State Department spokesman John Kirby has defended the close contact revealed by the RNC. He told WSJ that it was not unusual for his people and the White House "to be in touch when agency officials are potentially conducting television interviews."