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Bill Clinton never sent emails to his wife, his spokesman said Wednesday — a day after Hillary Clinton cited “personal communications from my husband and me” as one reason she wouldn’t allow independent scrutiny of her computer system.

Asked whether Bill emailed Hillary at her private email address, his spokesman, Matt McKenna, told Bloomberg News he did not.

That left a lot of Clinton watchers scratching their heads.

Less than 24 hours earlier, at a press conference trying to explain why she used private emails for official business as secretary of state, Hillary said the computer email server in her Chappaqua home was off limits because it “contains personal communications from my husband and me.”

But Bubba is an admitted technophobe who has repeatedly said he has only sent two emails in his entire life — both as president more than a decade ago.

The first went to John Glenn, the ex-senator and astronaut who made a return trip to space in 1998, McKenna said.

“Hillary and I had a great time at the launch. We are very proud of you and the entire crew, and a little jealous,” Clinton wrote in a reply to a message from Glenn.

The second was to US troops serving in the Adriatic.

Neither McKenna nor Hillary’s reps would address the questions raised by Hillary’s comments — prompting DC pundits to wonder just what was going on.

“It appears at least one Clinton is not telling the whole truth,” wrote the Washington Examiner.

“She runs into the brick wall of her husband’s own denial,” added the ­National Review.

“Does Bill Clinton email? It depends whom you ask,” read a headline at the Hill newspaper.

The controversy could overshadow the launch of Hillary’s expected presidential campaign after a top Republican on Wednesday raised the specter of congressional hearings into her email habits at the State Department.

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), chairman of the House committee investigating the Sept. 11, 2012, terror attacks on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, said he wants the former first lady to testify before Congress by next month.

Gowdy also called for an independent review of the email server — which Hillary insists will “remain private.”

“Let a neutral, detached, disinterested observer make that call,” Gowdy said, suggesting that a retired judge or inspector general could fill the role.

“Somebody’s going to have to have access to her server. You don’t get to grade your own papers in life. You don’t get to determine what’s personal and what’s public.”

And House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said he was ready to subpoena Hillary.

“I’d rather not have to subpoena her, but if she’s fully cooperative, there wouldn’t be a need,” he told The Wall Street Journal. “Are we prepared to do so if necessary? I suppose so. We’re going to get to the bottom of this.”

Also Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner’s office did not rule out a vote in the full House to force Clinton to turn over the server.

With Post wire services

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