According to a press release, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth "Excoriated" the Department of Justice and the State Department for potentially acting in "Bad faith" while colluding to "Scuttle public scrutiny" of Clinton's use of a private server which many believe she did in order to hide her various dealings and activities from the 'prying eyes' of Freedom Of Information Act requests, in violation of federal open records rules.
Did Hillary Clinton use her private email as Secretary of State to thwart this lofty goal ? Was the State Department's attempt to settle this FOIA case in 2014 an effort to avoid searching - and disclosing the existence of - Clinton's missing emails? And has State ever adequately searched for records in this case?
At worst, career employees in the State and Justice Departments colluded to scuttle public scrutiny of Clinton, skirt FOIA, and hoodwink this Court.
When asked why State masked the inadequacy of its initial search, counsel claimed that the officials who initially responded to Judicial Watch's request didn't realize Clinton's emails were missing, and that it took them two months to 'figure out what was going on' Counsel's responses strain credulity.
Calling Clinton's use of a private email server "One of the gravest modern offenses to government transparency," Lamberth granted discovery because the government's response to the Judicial Watch Benghazi FOIA request for Clinton emails "Smacks of outrageous conduct."
"The historic court ruling raises concerns about the Hillary Clinton email scandal and government corruption that millions of Americans share," he said.
"Judicial Watch looks forward to conducting careful discovery into the Clinton email issue and we hope the Justice Department and State Department recognize Judge Lamberth's criticism and help, rather than obstruct, this court-ordered discovery."
https://thenationalsentinel.com/2018/12/07/federal-court-blasts-doj-state-dept-orders-discovery-plan-to-see-if-hillary-sought-to-hide-her-emails-to-evade-law/
In it, he demanded that State and Justice work with Judicial Watch, which has sued in the case, to develop an evidence seeking schedule into whether Clinton sought to avoid the federal Freedom of Information Act by using a private email system in her New York home.
"The historic court ruling raises concerns about the Hillary Clinton email scandal and government corruption that millions of Americans share," said Judicial Watch Tom Fitton.
"Judicial Watch looks forward to conducting careful discovery into the Clinton email issue and we hope the Justice Department and State Department recognize Judge Lamberth's criticism and help, rather than obstruct, this court-ordered discovery," he added.
The Court ORDERS the parties to meet and confer to plan discovery into whether Hillary Clinton's use of a private email while Secretary of State was an intentional attempt to evade FOIA; whether the State Department's attempts to settle this case in late 2014 and early 2015 amounted to bad faith; and whether State has adequately searched for records responsive to Judicial Watch's requests.
Did Hillary Clinton use her private email as Secretary of State to thwart this lofty goal ? Was the State Department's attempt to settle this FOIA case in 2014 an effort to avoid searching - and disclosing the existence of - Clinton's missing emails? And has State ever adequately searched for records in this case?
At worst, career employees in the State and Justice Departments colluded to scuttle public scrutiny of Clinton, skirt FOIA, and hoodwink this Court.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/judge-suggests-justice-state-colluded-to-protect-hillary-clinton-in-email-scandal
Did Hillary Clinton use her private email as Secretary of State to thwart this lofty goal ? Was the State Department's attempt to settle this FOIA case in 2014 an effort to avoid searching - and disclosing the existence of - Clinton's missing emails? And has State ever adequately searched for records in this case?
At worst, career employees in the State and Justice Departments colluded to scuttle public scrutiny of Clinton, skirt FOIA, and hoodwink this Court.
When asked why State masked the inadequacy of its initial search, counsel claimed that the officials who initially responded to Judicial Watch's request didn't realize Clinton's emails were missing, and that it took them two months to 'figure out what was going on' Counsel's responses strain credulity.
Calling Clinton's use of a private email server "One of the gravest modern offenses to government transparency," Lamberth granted discovery because the government's response to the Judicial Watch Benghazi FOIA request for Clinton emails "Smacks of outrageous conduct."
"The historic court ruling raises concerns about the Hillary Clinton email scandal and government corruption that millions of Americans share," he said.
"Judicial Watch looks forward to conducting careful discovery into the Clinton email issue and we hope the Justice Department and State Department recognize Judge Lamberth's criticism and help, rather than obstruct, this court-ordered discovery."
https://thenationalsentinel.com/2018/12/07/federal-court-blasts-doj-state-dept-orders-discovery-plan-to-see-if-hillary-sought-to-hide-her-emails-to-evade-law/
Judge suggests Justice, State colluded to protect Hillary Clinton in email scandal
A federal judge has raised speculation that Hillary Rodham Clinton and her State Department "Colluded" to keep her missing emails secret from the public and courts, an escalation of scrutiny into Obama-era scandal.In it, he demanded that State and Justice work with Judicial Watch, which has sued in the case, to develop an evidence seeking schedule into whether Clinton sought to avoid the federal Freedom of Information Act by using a private email system in her New York home.
"The historic court ruling raises concerns about the Hillary Clinton email scandal and government corruption that millions of Americans share," said Judicial Watch Tom Fitton.
"Judicial Watch looks forward to conducting careful discovery into the Clinton email issue and we hope the Justice Department and State Department recognize Judge Lamberth's criticism and help, rather than obstruct, this court-ordered discovery," he added.
The Court ORDERS the parties to meet and confer to plan discovery into whether Hillary Clinton's use of a private email while Secretary of State was an intentional attempt to evade FOIA; whether the State Department's attempts to settle this case in late 2014 and early 2015 amounted to bad faith; and whether State has adequately searched for records responsive to Judicial Watch's requests.
Did Hillary Clinton use her private email as Secretary of State to thwart this lofty goal ? Was the State Department's attempt to settle this FOIA case in 2014 an effort to avoid searching - and disclosing the existence of - Clinton's missing emails? And has State ever adequately searched for records in this case?
At worst, career employees in the State and Justice Departments colluded to scuttle public scrutiny of Clinton, skirt FOIA, and hoodwink this Court.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/judge-suggests-justice-state-colluded-to-protect-hillary-clinton-in-email-scandal
No comments:
Post a Comment