Obama snaps over Clinton emails: 'I'm not taking another question'

President Obama snapped at a reporter during a Thursday press conference in Japan after being asked about Hillary Clinton's use of a private email system at the State Department, an act that the department's inspector general said violated the rules.

Obama had just offered to answer one additional question from reporters, but then bristled when the question was about Clinton's emails.

"You know I take it back – I'm not taking another question," he said. "We're in Japan, don't you have something to do with Asia that we want to talk about? I'll be talking about this in Washington the whole time."

"Look, I've already said a lot on those issues — I think these are better directed to the campaign," he added.

Obama was asked whether questions about Clinton's use of personal email means she should also release the texts of the paid speeches she gave at Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks. But instead of answering, Obama talked more generally about the division in the Democratic Party caused by Bernie Sanders' challenge to Clinton's nomination.
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