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Justin Cooper is a former adviser to
Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...
, former
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. Cooper first worked within the Office of Science and Technology in the
Clinton administration Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following his victory over Republican in ...
before later becoming an aide for Clinton in his post-presidential years.


Career


White House

Cooper began working in the White House as an intern in the
Office of Science and Technology Policy The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is a department of the United States government, part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Executive Office of the President (EOP), established by United States Congres ...
and later in the Oval Office. He was later hired as a staff assistant for Oval Office operations.


Post-Presidency

Clinton asked Cooper, along with Doug Band, to move to New York to play a critical role in his post-presidential activities. Cooper has served as senior aide and advisor to President Clinton, becoming a critical member of Clinton's post-presidency cadre of advisors. In his current role, Cooper has traveled with Clinton on hundreds of trips domestically and internationally. Cooper is frequently credited with assisting President Clinton in editing and recounting his autobiography detailing his formative years and tenure as president in his memoir '' My Life''. President Clinton notes Cooper's critical role in the formation of the memoir in the first sentence of the book's "Acknowledgments." Cooper was integral in transforming Clinton's thoughts into an organized narrative.
He played a similar role on Clinton's second book, ''Giving''. Cooper, who has a close working relationship with Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...
and her most senior advisers since their White House days, including Cheryl D. Mills and
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, is often responsible for briefing and advising the President on a range of issues including finances, business matters, public relations, politics, the Clinton Family Foundation and the
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's initiatives as well as the
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. In addition to his noted role in the publication of Clinton's memoirs, Cooper is also a frequent travel partner of the President. Most notably, Cooper accompanied the President's delegation to North Korea when Clinton successfully secured the release of two American journalists,
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and
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, in August 2009. Cooper serves on the governing board of the American University of Dubai.


Clinton private server

Cooper was one of the key persons that help administer Hillary's private
email server Within the Internet email system, a message transfer agent (MTA), mail transfer agent, or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. In some contexts, the al ...
. Hillary's private server has been part of an ongoing Federal investigation. The
internet domain The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private, publ ...
, clintonemail.com, was registered to Cooper, not the Clintons, while she was secretary of state. The domain was registered by Cooper before Hillary became secretary of state on January 21, 2009. Hillary used the email, hdr22@clintonemail.com, on her private server while secretary of state, rather than use a dot gov account for all of her secretary of state work. Cooper had no US
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or expertise in computer security. Cooper also helped the Clintons with other tech support. Later, Bryan Pagliano, the former IT director for Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, was hired to maintain their private email server while Clinton was secretary of state, while the domain was still registered to Cooper.Joseph, Camero
Hillary Clinton 'takes responsibility' for email controversy, but won't apologize for using private server
''New York Daily News'', September 5, 2015.
In 2014 clintonemail.com changed to a new registered owner, Perfect Privacy, a proxy company.CBS News, FBI releases documents from Hillary Clinton email investigation, by Reena Flores CBS News, September 2, 2016
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Cooper at World Cup with Clinton

Cooper with Gibbs as President Obama and President Clinton brief the press
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