This is a question mainly for liberals but others can opine since, with the election of Trump, it is still a free country.
It seems that when I watch a news program and Hillary's use of a private server comes up someone on the left will always chime in about some republican or republican appointee that had a gmail account that they used while working for the government.
Since I am relatively new to computers and computer technology (my first "system" was a Timex-Sinclair 1000 which saved programs on cassette tape) exactly how is a GMail account the same as using a private server to send and receive emails?
In one instance isn't the preservation of emails controlled by law where in the other instance preservation of emails is dependent on the person who set up the private server?
I would really like to know.