Posted on 06/13/2018 2:15:01 PM PDT by jazusamo
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced a federal court ordered a hearing for Thursday, October 11, 2018, on a motion to compel testimony about the email practices of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The order was issued by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan.
The development comes in a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit about the controversial employment status of Huma Abedin, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Clinton. The lawsuit, which seeks records regarding the authorization for Abedin to engage in outside employment while employed by the Department of State, was reopened because of revelations about the clintonemail.com system ( Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:13-cv-01363)).
In 2016, Hillary Clinton was required to submit , under oath, written answers to Judicial Watch’s questions. Clinton objected to and refused to answer questions about the creation of her email system; her decision to use the system despite warnings from State Department cybersecurity officials; and the basis for her claim that the State Department had “90-95%” of her emails. Judge Sullivan is considering Judicial Watch’s motion to compel answers to these questions.
In her responses sent to Judicial Watch and the court on October 13, 2016, Clinton refused to answer three questions and responded that she “does not recall” 20 times concerning her non-government clintonemail.com email system. She preceded her responses by eight “general objections” and two “objections to definitions.” The words “object” or “objection” appear 84 times throughout the 23-page document submitted to the court and Judicial Watch.
Judge Sullivan will also hear arguments on Judicial Watch’s motion to compel testimony from former State Department Director of Information Resource Management of the Executive Secretariat John Bentel (who asserted his Fifth Amendment right and refused to answer 87 questions at his deposition) and Judicial Watch’s motion to unseal the audiovisual recordings of all depositions. Judicial Watch took the testimony of key Clinton aides and State Department senior officials, including Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills, but the videotapes of the depositions are currently under seal.
“The Clinton email scandal isn’t going away especially as Mrs. Clinton refuses to answer key questions about her conduct,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Judicial Watch uncovered the Clinton email scandal, and since the DOJ and FBI have dropped the ball, is the last best hope for accountability and justice.”
Pfft...whatever
Hillarya path to jail is 10 billion light years long and it seems we’ve so far moved a grain of sand forward. Where-the-hell is Sessions? Indict this b*tch already, the evidence is OVERWHELMING! I mean my God, her emails were found on the laptop of a perv, her maid even had them, these emails were flying around everywhere like confetti at a ticket tape parade.
She’ll probably fall and have another “concussion” right before anything comes of this, be able to postpone providing more info until sometime after her death.
Yep, Tom Fitton says it all in the last sentence of the piece.
“She would only mumble incoherently if asked any questions.”
Get it on video - what a legacy!
REFERENCE: Sen Charles Grassley has been pressing the State Department to answer questions over Huma Abedin's lucrative
govt job arrangement facilitated by then SoS Hillary.
Sen Grassley wrote: "It appears that one of Abedin's clients, the Clinton-connected Teneo Strategies founded by Doug Band---said to be the toll booth to pay up to get access to the Clintons. Doug Band is the one that facilitated the Clintons' big buck speaking engagements as part of the access deals.
Grassley conjectured that Huma was being compensated for gathering information for Teneo from US government sources for the purpose of informing invesAvenattiAvenattiAvenattiAvenattiAvenattiAvenattiAvenattiAvenattiAvenattitment decisions of her consulting clients - or in other words, political intelligence. This raises important questions about whether Abedin's dual job role was adequately disclosed to US government officials who may have provided her information without realizing that she was being paid by private investors to gather information."--SNIP--
NOTE WELL: As a (a) US govt employee (b) consulting for Teneo, Huma also had her own money-maker---(c) Zaine Endeavors named after her son----which has never been fully investigated.
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AS OF LATE Huma doesnt seem to have a job. She is seen with Hillary on world tours. Who pays Huma's $12,000 monthly rent?
When the NYPD confiscated her husband’s laptop in the sexting case, they found scads of Hillary’s emails on Anthony Weiner’s laptop.
At the time, Huma said she put them there——to make copies for Hlilary.
As if the US State Dept doesnt have staff and equipment for the copying job.
Good on Judicial Watch. Keep pounding.
Sen Grassley wrote: "It appears that one of Abedin's clients, the Clinton-connected Teneo Strategies, may have been compensating Ms. Abedin for gathering information from US government sources for the purpose of informing investment decisions of her consulting clients - or in other words, political intelligence. This raises important questions about whether Abedin's dual role was adequately disclosed to government officials who may have provided her information without realizing that she was being paid by private investors to gather information."
Grassley's letter recounted:
<><> Abedin allegedly sent or received more than 7,000 emails on her US government account that involved Teneo's Doug Band, a close confidante and travel companion of the globe-trotting Bill clinton. Teneo is known as the tolll booth to the Clintons---in order to get access to them an entity or individual has to pony up bigtime.
<><> one email exchange involved Teneo's Doug Band pressuring Abedin to encourage her State Department boss, Hillary Clinton, to facilitate a White House appointment for one of his clients. Judith Rodin, then-president of the Rockefeller Foundation, "donated hundreds of millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation," Mr. Band allegedly noted in his email to Ms. Abedin.
<><> email evidence allegedly suggests that Ms. Abedin and another Hillary aide, Cheryl Mills, colluded to find a way to ensure the US govt paid for Ms. Abedin's travel to and from New York.
<><> multiple allegations received by Sen Grassley's Judiciary Committee indicated Abedin had actually taken leave during her time as a govt employee, casting doubt on whether Abedin should have received $33,000 in taxpayer money.
<><> allegations surfaced that the State Dept personnel rule was quietly bent to permit Abedin to collect her government paycheck while wielding her influence to the benefit of her other employers (connected to the Clintons).
<><> Hillary Clinton jetted to Ireland with Abedin at her side for her last official trip before exiting the State Dept, during which Hillary attended an event hosted by a major Clinton Foundation donor that had been promoted by Teneo (for which Abedin then-served as a "consultant")
<><> Abedin's special employment status gave her heavy influence over Hillary Clinton's State Dept daily schedule and travel plans at the same time Abedin served as a senior adviser at Teneo, and performed other duties at the Clinton Foundation.
<><> Abedin using information about Hillary's travel schedule in discussions w/ her clients, could be a serious breach of US ntl security, since even the calendar amd travel plans of the Secy of State is considered classified information.
<><> Abedin was among several key aides to Hillary Clinton that hosted email accounts on a private server in the 2016 presidential candidate's Chappaqua, New York home, in violation of federal records laws.
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BACKSTORY Abedin worked as a full-time staffer to Hillary Clinton January 2009-June 2012; she was then given a "special government employee" designation and took on roles at the Clinton Foundation and Teneo.That designation is designed to allow individuals who fill "an unmet government need for rare or unique expertise" to retain their private-sector positions while receiving compensation from the government.
Abedin was vice-chair of Hillary's losing presidential campaign committee.
Huma and Hillary are just two peas in the same pod...Togetherness.
Thanks, Liz.
After Huma, Cheryl Mills a Clinton crony for many years needs to be investigated.
Mills was Hillary’s top aide, a US govt employee, yet she found the time and resources to develop huge projects in Sub-Sahara Africa.
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Amen to that.
It will be the 5th.
The Hillary Haiku They didn't drop the ball, they buried it.
Lock the crooked biotch up!
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