Google is requested to produce the emails by may, stated a statement released by judicial watch wednesday. The 50,547 pages of documents span from 30 june 2010 to 12 august 2014. Dan metcalfe, a former head of the justice departments office of information and privacy, said this gave her even tighter control over her emails by not involving a. A federal judge ruled that the conservative group judicial watch should be permitted to demand documents and additional testimony about the hillary clinton s emails. State dept gives us more clinton emails found by the fbi judicial watch. Judicial watch president tom fitton tuesday accused the justice department and the fbi of protecting bill and hillary clinton from any serious investigation, and said the doj is looking the other way when it comes to the clinton foundation. Judicial watch blasted fbi director james comey on tuesday for his weak recommendation not to put forward charges against hillary clinton for her. Tom fitton on hillary clintons state department emails. Washington, dc judicial watch today released 80 pages of new emails recently found by the fbi that further document how former secretary of state hillary clinton used her unsecure, nongovernment email to transmit classified and other sensitive government information. A federal judge is ordering the state department to ask hillary clinton to confirm, under penalty of perjury, that she has turned over certain.
The court download copy also ordered the deposition of clintons former chief of staff, cheryl mills and two other state department officials. Judicial watch announced today that on april 18, 2014, it obtained 41 new benghazirelated state department documents. Hillary clinton can be deposed about her emails, judge. Walton to the fbi to begin processing,000 pages of. Judicial watchs subpoena seeks all clinton emails from her time at state, january 21, 2009, to february 1, 20. Judicial watch president tom fitton said thursday the state department is still not doing all it could to track down clintons emails, particularly about 33,000 messages her lawyers ordered. They include a newly declassified email showing thenwhite house deputy strategic communications adviser ben rhodes and other obama administration public relations officials attempting to orchestrate a campaign to reinforce. Hillary clintons emails were a popular rallying cry during trumps bid for the white house. A doj attorney could not explain to a federal judge how the fbi suddenly found the new stash of clinton emails. Last week, judicial watch released other state department emails one batch of 103 pages, the second of 8 pages, with newly discovered clinton emails also going back as far as january 2009. During her tenure as united states secretary of state, hillary clinton drew controversy by using a private email server for official public communications rather than using official state department email accounts maintained on secure federal servers. Conservative watchdog group judicial watch announced friday it received another tranche of documents from a january 2018 foia lawsuit that revealed the fbi actively covered up a chart of potential violations by hillary clinton the newly obtained emails came in response to a may 21 order by u. Judge orders written testimony from hillary clinton on emails. The scandal swirling around hillary clintons private email account just keeps getting worse.
Hillary clinton lawyers ask appeals court to overturn. In response, judicial watch filed an foia request with the department of state for records related to government talking points or updates on the benghazi attack given to former us national security advisor, susan rice. Fbi finds new clinton emails, including discussion about benghazi and additional classified material jw v state hrc emails feb 2020 00687 jw v state hrc emails feb 2020 00687 pgs 67 jw v state hrc emails feb 2020 00687 pgs 6770. The court also ordered the deposition of mills and two other state department officials. Judicial watch, however, cannot ask clinton or mills about the us governments response to the 2012 benghazi attack, lamberth said. State must release remaining clinton emails on rolling basis remaining emails on saturday, after a federal judge admonished them for continued delays. On march 3, 2020, judge lamberth granted judicial watchs request to depose clinton about her emails and benghazi attack documents. Judicial watch still waiting for hillary clintons emails. Were pleased that we now have a little bit more information about hillary clintons email practices. Jw v state 00687 all clinton emails judicial watch. Judicial watch sued thensecretary of state john kerry in april 2015 to compel the attorney general to enforce the federal records act to obtain clintons emails. A federal judge expressed dismay over the state departments continued delays releasing hillary clintons emails. Former secretary of state hillary clinton can be deposed for a lawsuit about the state departments recordkeeping of her emails, a federal judge said monday judge royce lamberths order authorizing rightleaning group judicial watch to question clinton and others effectively breathes new life into the yearslong pursuit of clintons emails about state.
Judicial watch president tom fitton, whose organization has filed multiple lawsuits related to democratic presidential candidate hillary clintons email use, discusses the latest developments in. Hillary clinton can be deposed about her emails, judge rules cbs 58. Deadlines loom for answers in clinton email probe as u. In the november 15, 2019 filing, the state department informs the court that the fbi located additional clinton emails that potentially had not been previously released. Emails raise questions about state department and clinton. Judge threatens subpoena against hillary clinton over. Newly released emails show clinton had classified info in. This is the fifth set of records produced to judicial watch by the state department from the nonstate. He also talks about emails showing contact between. Sullivan said he will grant limited discovery to judicial watch, a conservative legal group that has sued to get a look at mrs.
In response to a court order in a judicial watch case, she declared under penalty of. The foia request sought all emails of official state department business received or sent by former deputy chief of staff huma abedin from january 1, 2009 through february 1, 20 using a nonstate. The lawsuits have since led to the release of hundreds of mrs. Hillary clinton can be deposed about her emails, judge rules. Judge orders more factfinding in clinton email case. Fbi finds news clinton emails include classified info and official business in texts. Judicial watch president on latest batch of clinton emails. Judicial watch blasts comey for weak recommendation on. Win mcnameegetty images the conservative watchdog group judicial watch on tuesday released an additional 296 pages of emails from hillary clinton. Washington a federal judge on friday ordered hillary clinton to provide written testimony under oath about why she set up a private computer server to send and receive emails while secretary. Judicial watch had asked to depose clinton, top aide cheryl mills and other former state department employees in a sixyearold court case seeking public access to. On august 30th judicial watch submitted twentyfive questions to hillary clinton as part of interrogatories approved and ordered by u.
Earlier this week, the press savaged the former secretary of state at a press conference where she attempted to explain the logistics governing her private email server. Judicial watch has been embroiled in a yearslong legal battle with the government for the records and just a few weeks ago, more than a dozen new clinton emails not previously produced as per a federal court order magically appeared. All the latest breaking news on hillary clinton emails. Judicial watch asks court to order feds to find rest of. Washington, dc judicial watch today released 37 pages of new clinton emails recently found by the fbi that show former secretary of state hillary clinton used her unsecure, nongovernment email to transmit classified information.
Judicial watch president tom fitton on the latest release of hillary clintons emails. Judge wants clinton confirmation on state department emails. A federal judge said wednesday that it may be necessary to depose hillary clinton about the nature of her personal email server, in a freedomofinformation lawsuit over the employment of top. Clintons use of a private email server in 2017, when he served as the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. The subpoena seeks to discover new emails, so it certainly relates to whether state conducted an adequate search.
Remember when hillary clinton repeatedly stated that the 55,000 pages she turned over to the state department in december 2014 included all of her workrelated emails. Law enforcement today has learned that judicial watch friday released 80 pages of new emails which were recently discovered by the fbi. New clinton emails uncovered, reveal additional mishandling of classified information. However, critics have accused the trump administration of being sluggish to release clintons emails. Court order hillary clinton go under oath on emails. Department of justice in advance of the 2016 election. Judicial watch had asked to depose clinton, top aide cheryl mills and other former state department employees in a sixyearold court case. Judge rules for clinton on emails judge rules for clinton on emails thehill a federal judge on friday sided with the state department against a conservative legal advocacy group trying to speed up the governments release of some hillary clinton emails. Judicial watch notes that the 115 clinton email exchanges were not among the 55,000 pages of emails that clinton previously. Emails revealed that clinton emailed her daughter chelsea saying the attack was carried out by an al qaedalike group. Other emails released through judicial watch revealed that the nsa chose not to provide clinton with the blackberry, though clinton continued to. State department to make public unseen hillary clinton emails wsj. Many of the emails touted by judicial watch concern a oncesecret mission to north korea by former president bill clinton that led to the release of two american journalists. Read the ig report on justice, fbi, clinton emails thehill.
According to judicial watch, they document how failed 2016 presidential candidate hillary clinton used an unsecure, nongovernmental email to transmit classified and other sensitive government. Ap photo judicial watch president tom fitton revealed on thursday that the fbi didnt question aides to former secretary of state hillary clinton about her use of a private email server to conduct government business until judicial watch was about to do so, and then used redacted. According to fox news, a federal judge responded to requests from conservative watchdog group judicial watch on monday, ordering former secretary of state hillary clinton to sit down for a sworn disposition and answer questions regarding her use of a classified email server to conduct state department business hillary clinton has answered questions on this issue in the past. An fbi examination of clintons server found over 100 emails containing classified information, including 65 emails deemed secret. A senior justice department legal official told the state department on tuesday that the fbi would provide mrs. Clintons emails which have, in turn, spurred dozens of news releases. Judicial watch releases hillary clinton under oath email. C linton s use of a personal email account has become a heated issue during the 2016 presidential campaign, as some say she should have been using a government account, rather than her.
Clinton emails on the laptop of anthony weiner, the husband of. What to know about the newly discovered hillary clinton emails. Judicial watch president tom fitton discusses the clinton email documents. The twoway conservative watchdog group judicial watch had wanted its lawyers to question clinton about her use of a private email server. Then, a report released by the office of the inspector general oig revealed that one of clintons key claimsthat all of. Emails suggest obama fbi knew mccain leaked trump dossier. Justice department inspector general michael horowitz on thursday released an assessment of the law enforcement agencys conduct during. Sullivan authorized judicial watch to seek answers about the creation and operation of clintons email system for official state department business, and the departments handling of freedom. Judge again dismisses clinton email suits politico. Hillary clinton emails latest news, breaking stories and comment. Court orders state dept to release clinton emails on. The documents include 11 new clinton email documents. Clintons nemeses at the conservative legal group judicial watch pleaded.
So here weve got two documents demonstrating, literally in black and white. In a case brought by conservative watchdog, judicial watch, u. Fbi director james comey testifying before congress. Judicial watch sues under public records law there were by march of last year 10 active judicial watch foia lawsuits against the state department related to clintons emails, so. Judicial watch makes strong push for hillary clinton subpoena. It referred the matter to the justice department, which closed the case against mrs clinton and her aides with no charges. The new emails also show clinton used text messages for government business. The emails are the 20th production of documents obtained in response to a court order in a may 5, 2015, lawsuit judicial watch filed against the. Federal court orders deposition of hillary clinton on emails and. Justice department closes clinton email investigation without charges us politics. The groups lawsuit was thrown out, but was revived on appeal in december 2016. Judicial watch president tom fitton discusses his organizations role in accessing emails from hillary clintons state department tenure. The emails touch on a variety of issues from wikileaks to gefilte fish.
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