A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. State Department and Department of Justice must submit a schedule for discovery into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and whether the State Department acted in "Bad faith" for failing to disclose knowledge of the server, according to Judicial Watch.
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 best, State's attempt to pass-off its deficient search as legally adequate during settlement negotiations was negligence born out of incompetence.
Lamberth cited an email discovered from Judicial Watch's lawsuit in which Clinton acknowledged Benghazi was a terrorist attack immediately after it happened and asked, "Did State know Clinton deemed the Benghazi attack terrorism hours after it happened, contradicting the Obama Administration's subsequent claim of a protest-gone-awry?".
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called the court ruling "Historic" and says it "Raises concerns about the Hillary Clinton email scandal and government corruption that millions of Americans share."
"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 said.
https://bongino.com/federal-judge-opens-discovery-into-clinton-private-email-system/
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 best, State's attempt to pass-off its deficient search as legally adequate during settlement negotiations was negligence born out of incompetence.
Lamberth cited an email discovered from Judicial Watch's lawsuit in which Clinton acknowledged Benghazi was a terrorist attack immediately after it happened and asked, "Did State know Clinton deemed the Benghazi attack terrorism hours after it happened, contradicting the Obama Administration's subsequent claim of a protest-gone-awry?".
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called the court ruling "Historic" and says it "Raises concerns about the Hillary Clinton email scandal and government corruption that millions of Americans share."
"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 said.
https://bongino.com/federal-judge-opens-discovery-into-clinton-private-email-system/
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