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NEW COURT ACTION IN HILLARY CLINTON EMAIL SCANDAL
Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration want the Clinton email scandal to go away. The liberal media may comply, but Judicial Watch is independent and is increasing its pressure with new court action.
On March 2, 2015, The New York Times reported then-Secretary Clinton used at least one non-“state.gov” email account to conduct official government business during her entire tenure as the secretary of state. It also was reported that Clinton stored these records on a non-U.S. government server at her home in Chappaqua, NY.
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Gawker Pushes for Clinton Aide’s Emails in FOIA Lawsuit
Gawker Media continues to prod the U.S. Department of State to hand over email communications between Philippe Reines, a former press aide in the department, and reporters from 34 media outlets. On Friday, the news site filed a lawsuit in D.C. federal court under the Freedom of Information Act in the latest sign that the imbroglio over revelations that Hillary Clinton used a personal email address instead of a government one is not going away anytime soon.
Gawker first made a FOIA request on Reines' communications in 2011 but got nowhere.
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Freedom of Information Act expert: Clinton’s email system ‘laughable’
A top freedom-of-information expert isn’t buying Hillary Clinton’s explanation of why she set up her own email system to conduct official State Department business, calling it “laughable.”
Daniel Metcalfe, who advised White House administrations on interpreting the Freedom of Information Act from 1981 to 2007, told The Canadian Press that the former secretary of state acted “contrary to both the letter and the spirit of the law.”
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State Department to Be Slammed With FOIA Lawsuits
The State Department is facing a barrage of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits following revelations that Hillary Clinton exclusively used a private email address to conduct official business during her tenure as secretary of state.
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Opinion:It could be very long time before Hillary Clinton’s State Department e-mails see the light of day
Hillary Clinton has said she wants the public to see 55,000 e-mails she turned over to the State Department that had been kept in her personal, unofficial e-mail account. But nobody should hold their breath waiting to see them. That’s because the State Department is legendary for taking forever to wade through and ultimately decide what documents can be released when.
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Et tu, Rick? Perry Has Own Private Email Trail
While Rick Perry has joined Republicans casting stones at Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account while she was secretary of state, it seems the former governor is not without sin.
Perry was among the first potential 2016 presidential candidates to chime in on revelations that Clinton conducted government business entirely on a personal email account. On Tuesday morning, Perry said the findings add to a “pattern … of non-transparency” surrounding Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president in 2016.
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Why open records laws may not apply to all of Hillary Clinton’s State Dept.-era e-mails
Can open records laws be used to access all of the e-mails sent by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state?
A new court ruling this week suggests: probably not.
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