Lawyers for the State Department and a conservative group are in talks about the scope of a fact-finding process a federal judge has authorized in a lawsuit relating to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server, according to a new court filing.
Attorneys for the watchdog group Judicial Watch revealed the discussions as part of a request to U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan for more time to sort out the discovery issue, which includes potential limits on questioning of former Clinton aides and other State Department officials at depositions expected to take place in the coming months.
Last week, the State Department signaled it did not plan to further oppose Judicial Watch's proposal to seek sworn testimony from former Clinton Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, former Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin and information technology aide Bryan Pagliano. However, State asked for limits on what questions could be asked of those individuals and other, current State officials to the issue of why Clinton's server was set up in the first place. State is seeking to rule out queries about cybersecurity issues, the presence of classified information on the server and about Abedin's employment arrangement, which is the subject of the Freedom of Information Act request and suit brought by Judicial Watch.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/04/hillary-clinton-emails-judicial-watch-221864#ixzz45iaK35Sj
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