Posted on 03/26/2015 8:21:59 PM PDT by Steelfish
March 25, 2015 Clinton Hit With Racketeering Lawsuit Over Emails By Jesse Byrnes
The conservative group Freedom Watch has filed a racketeering lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that accuses her of failing to produce documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
The civil suit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, argues that Clinton used her private emails to sell access to other officials in return for donations to the Clinton Foundation.
It alleges that, during her tenure, Clinton withheld documents requested under FOIA regarding State Department waivers given to businesses or individuals doing business with Iran, possibly undermining U.S.-imposed sanctions.
The complaint, which lists Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation as defendants, alleges the Clintons sold access to other U.S. government officials in return for donations to their organization, which they concealed, allegedly, by using a private computer server for her emails operated from their home in Chappaqua, New York.
Larry Klayman, the founder of Freedom Watch, launched dozens of lawsuits against former President Bill Clinton’s administration.
In the new lawsuit, he alleges that, during Hillary Clinton's tenure, the State Department “clearly leaked” information to New York Times reporter David Sanger on U.S. and Israeli efforts to counteract Iran's nuclear weapons program.
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If they had FOIA requests which were ignored or deflected by the use of the private server, they may have standing to get them.
But I don’t see how they have been damaged by any alleged conspiracy between the Clintons, their charity, and foreign individuals. So standing on the RICO conspiracy may be a tough sell, but I see the judge is in Florida so Klayman probably went judge shopping.
And the allegation she leaked info to a reporter on Israeli defense stuff? How is that going to fly? The reporter is going to protect his sources and where is the damage to Judicial Watch anyway? What would be cool is for Israel to join on this as plaintiff—but that ain’t gonna happen
I think this is an attempt by Klayman to rough her up a little before the election and I doubt the legal system will treat it kindly.
Well, if Klayman survives the certain Summary Judgment Hearing, they can make BJ’s and Hillary’s life a living hell with discovery motions and depositions.
The Florida judge might be a calculation to survive to get to discovery.
Of course the Clintons can appeal the judges ruling if he denies summary judgment. That will trigger a fight over whether “discovery” can proceed during an appeal.
Clinton family facing RICO racketeering case filed in federal court in Florida
Examiner dot com | 03-26-2015
Posted on 03/26/2015 6:16:45 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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Since Klayman brought their charity into it, I bet the Clinton’s legal expenses will be paid through the foundation, rather than their personal funds.
Just saw a crazy good large rented sign in front of a house:
I AM NOT VOTING FOR MONICA’S ex- boyfriend’s WIFE.
Since the Clintons are creatures of “Government” what funds do they EVER have that are not GOVERNMENTS finds?!
Well, they have made 100s of millions for speeches, mostly to groups with political interests
No question!
Yes, I don’t think they will run out of attorney fee money!
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