John Podesta sent the message only hours after the New York Times reported that Clinton might have violated federal records requirements by using the server, according to the latest batch of Podesta emails released by WikiLeaks.

The email in question, sent by Podesta on March 2, 2015, reveals the Clinton campaign chair directing Cheryl Mills, Hillary's attorney and Chief of Staff, to destroy emails that had already been subpoenaed.

The email exchange between Podesta and Mills came suspiciously on the same day that news broke regarding Clinton's use of a private email server.

After news of Clinton's private email server became public, Podesta wrote to Mills:

"Not to sound like Lanny, but we are going to have to dump all those emails so better to do so sooner than later," Podesta told Mills.

Mills responded: "Think you just got your new nick name."