Judge orders Clinton to answer email questions in writing

The Hill's Ballot Box Blog ^ | August 19, 2016 | Nikita Vladimirov

[2ndDivisionVet]

A federal judge is ordering Hillary Clinton to respond to questions in writing from the conservative legal watchdog Judicial Watch about the private email server she used as secretary of State.

Judicial Watch, which has filed a lawsuit against Clinton over her email use, has sought to force Clinton to answer questions in person, which would have allowed attorneys to ask follow-up questions.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan turned that request aside, however, ruling "less burdensome" efforts were required.

"Judicial Watch’s argument that a deposition is preferable in this case because of the ability to ask follow-up questions is not persuasive," Sullivan wrote.

"Given the extensive public record related to the clintonemail.com system, a record which Judicial Watch has acknowledged, Judicial Watch will be able to anticipate many follow-up questions. For those follow-up questions that Judicial Watch is unable to anticipate, it can move this Court for permission to serve additional interrogatories," he added.

Judicial Watch said it was nonetheless pleased with the decision....

[Old Yeller]

So that her lawyers can wordsmith the crap out of her responses so that they are essentially non-responses.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I certainly hope the judge grants me the same privilege should I ever come before him in court.

[mass55th]

"I certainly hope the judge grants me the same privilege should I ever come before him in court."

Fat chance. This guy was appointed by Bill Clinton.

[disndat]

Totally redacted.

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[Irish Eyes]

That is total BS. Where are the follow up questions?

[A CA Guy]

Sure, it’s under oath, but you know her lawyers will be answering for her.

They are trying to avoid perjury under oath “in the least”.

[WKB]

Great but did he order her to answer them truthfully?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Bingo. Clintoon probably won’t even see this “letter”.

[HarleyLady27]

http://conservativetribune.com/judge-hillary-answer-questions/

[Kickass Conservative]

OK, lock her in a room with the list of Questions, a Notepad and a Pen.

Swear her in with her hand on the Clinton Family Bible before you lock the Door behind her.

Let her out after she pounds on the door until she faints.

[SpaceBar]

Judge Sullivan doesn’t want to open the pandora’s box of ‘deposition’, because that implies discovery, and discovery implies impending charges, civil or criminal, where the opposing parties lawyer up for eventual battle.

[SpaceBar]

... in a court of law.

[SpaceBar]

... and as noted upthread, under oath.

[Sasparilla]

Interrogatories work like this normally. Her lawyers would give her a copy of the questions and she would provide answers to the questions asked and return the answers to her lawyers.
They would then essentially “massage” the answers to put her in the most favorable light.
The real kicker to this is that her lawyers can “object” to questions and refuse to provide answers to particular ones. It would then be up to the Judge as to whether or not answers should be provided.
The Felon running for the Presidency can also claim to have no knowledge or insufficient information to form an answer.

There is plenty of room to tap dance through this process whereas in a deposition, objections can be made to a question, but it still must be answered and the Judge could later strike the answer, or the Judge could be called during the deposition to immediately rule on the legitimacy of question.
This is why the Felon prefers interrogatories if she is forced to come clean.

[Pagey]

All I know is Federal Judges aren’t controllable. Look at the 1 in L.A. who allowed the suit about the opening “Stairway To Heaven” riffs “alleged thievery” .He read the law as the law states.

[Oscar in Batangas]

***A federal judge is ordering Hillary Clinton to respond to questions in writing***

You mean like in ... cursive???

[digger48]

I don’t remember
I don’t know
I’m not sure
I have no idea
I don’t believe so
I don’t recall
I don’t think so
I don’t have any specific recollection
I have no recollection
I just don’t remember
I have no specific recollection
I might have
I don’t have any recollection of that
I don’t have a specific memory
I don’t have any memory of that
I just can’t say
I have no direct knowledge of that
I don’t have any idea
Not that I recall
I don’t believe I did
I can’t remember
I can’t say
I do not remember doing so
Not that I remember
I’m not aware
I honestly don’t know
I don’t believe that I did
I’m fairly sure
I have no other recollection
I’m not positive
I certainly don’t think so
I don’t really remember
I would have no way of remembering that
That’s what I believe happened
To my knowledge, no
To the best of my knowledge
To the best of my memory
I honestly don’t recall
I honestly don’t remember
That’s all I know
I don’t have an independent recollection of that
I don’t actually have an independent memory of that
As far as I know
I don’t believe I ever did that
That’s all I know about that
I’m just not sure
Nothing that I remember
I simply don’t know
I would have no idea
I don’t know anything about that
I don’t have any direct knowledge of that
I just don’t know
I really don’t know
I can’t deny that, I just — I have no memory of that at all

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These were the exact answers Bill used when deposed in the Paula Jones Case.

Some he used multiple times for a grand total of 267 times his mind failed him

[Sasparilla]

We cannot forget the Clinton memory issues.

[Pearls Before Swine]

So that her lawyers can wordsmith the crap out of her responses so that they are essentially non-responses.

Exactly. Deposition by committee.