Major JW Court Victory (Weekly Update Judicial Watch)

Judicial Watch ^ | February 26, 2016 | Tom Fitton

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Federal Court Grants Judicial Watch Discovery on Clinton Email Issue

Your Judicial Watch has achieved another remarkable breakthrough in our tireless efforts to get to the bottom of the Clinton email scandal. Earlier this week, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan granted Judicial Watch’s motion for discovery into whether the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deliberately thwarted the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for six years. The developments come in a Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit that seeks records about the controversial employment status of Huma Abedin, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Clinton. The lawsuit was reopened because of revelations about Clinton’s separate email records.

Judge Sullivan initially announced his ruling from the bench during a hearing this week and, over the objections of the State Department, authorized Judicial Watch to submit a plan for “narrowly-tailored discovery.” Judge Sullivan is also considering whether to order the State Department to subpoena all the emails on the clinton.com email system.

I issued the following statement on behalf of JW in response to the ruling:

Judge Sullivan’s ruling granting Judicial Watch’s request for discovery is a major victory for the public’s right to know the truth about Hillary Clinton’s email system. The court-ordered discovery will help determine why the State Department and Mrs. Clinton, even despite receiving numerous FOIA requests, kept the record system secret for years. Our proposed discovery, which will require court approval, will include testimony of current and former officials of the State Department. While Mrs. Clinton’s testimony may not be required initially, it may happen that her testimony is necessary for the court to resolve the legal issues about her unprecedented email practices.

The full transcript of the historic court hearing can be found here. I encourage you review the transcript to see how Judge Sullivan approached the issue. Here’s a taste:

Here you have Mrs. Clinton and Abedin and their private counsel deciding, after neither Mrs. Clinton nor Ms. Abedin were government employees, what e-mails are federal records, and what e-mails are not. It just boggles the mind that the State Department allowed this circumstance to arise in the first place. It’s just very, very, very troubling. And I think that whatever opinion the Court writes, the first sentence will be: This is a very troubling case, for a host of reasons.

Rather than accept graciously the court’s ruling, Hillary Clinton instead attacked Judicial Watch this morning as “right wing.” She made the comments during aMSNBC interview. She endorsed the nasty comments of her spokesman on CNN and elsewhere in response the court ruling.

Hillary Clinton is clearly upset that Judicial Watch has once again stymied her email cover-up. We won’t be deterred by Mrs. Clinton’s attacks. (You can check our recent interview with the Wall Street Journal here for a reality check on what this all means.)

Shortly after April 15, Judicial Watch discovery will commence into the Clinton email system. This is a major achievement and I can’t say enough about all my JW colleagues who secured this court victory. And I can’t say enough about the generous financial support of our Judicial Watch members who make our work possible. Thank you!

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God bless JW and Judge Sullivan!

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[SteveH]

I suspect there is a prepaid plot of land in Fort Marcy Park specially reserved for Judge Sullivan by Hillary. Judge Sullivan should watch his step and watch his back.

:-(

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these guys have big huevos by DC standards but they are getting zero MSM coverage-- it does not seem to be limited to Hillary alone.

Contemplating the answers as to why JW is not getting MSM news coverage is highly distressing...

I wonder what living in DC is like? It must be nerve wracking to wonder who is on the bandwagon (so to speak) and who is off... :-(

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You’re correct, the MSM mostly ignores JW. The Washington Times, Fox News some site writers credit them but not near enough of them do.