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Federal Judge Warns State Dept. 'Will Have to Answer for' Destroyed Clinton Emails
MRC TV ^ | 07/20/15 | Jeff Dunetz

Posted on 07/21/2015 12:38:20 PM PDT by Enlightened1

Tired of the State Department's lack of care in handling Hillary Clinton's emails, U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras warned the department's attorney:

If documents are destroyed between now and August 17, the government will have to answer for that, and, you know, if they don't want to do anything out of the ordinary to preserve between now and then, they can make that choice. I will allow them to make that choice, but they will answer for it, if something happens.

The Judge made the threat during a July 9th hearing regarding a FOIA case brought by Judicial Watch; he was trying to get the State Department to ensure that Clinton's aides did not erase records subject to the lawsuit before an upcoming legal deadline. At least three of those aids (Huma Abedin, Jake Sullivan and Cheryl Mills) had their own email accounts on Clinton’s private server.

Per the court transcript posted by Judicial Watch, after a Justice Department assured the judge that the administration was asking for government records from former State Department employees but could only guarantee the emails they received from the former employees, Judge Contreras told the State Dept. lawyer that the should take additional steps to obtain other government records in the custody of Mrs. Clinton and other former officials who used her special email system:

[I]t is to state the obvious that this is not an ordinary case, and everyone should be working to make sure that whatever documents exist today remain in existence.

(Excerpt) Read more at mrctv.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: answer; clinton; destroyedemails; judge
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1 posted on 07/21/2015 12:38:20 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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And I have no doubt that they ultimately will.....some time in the 23rd century.


2 posted on 07/21/2015 12:39:51 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Enlightened1

Uh oh, sternly worded letter alert!


3 posted on 07/21/2015 12:40:52 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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Nothing will happen until someone answers with jail time, and then it all depends on who goes.


4 posted on 07/21/2015 12:43:18 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Enlightened1

Sure...I’ll believe it when I see it.


5 posted on 07/21/2015 12:44:35 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Enlightened1

Blah, blah, blah.


6 posted on 07/21/2015 12:45:32 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: Enlightened1

Oh dear.

I’ll bet they’re in for the tongue lashing of their lives!


7 posted on 07/21/2015 12:47:33 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: Enlightened1

How about HILLARY answer for the lost emails?


8 posted on 07/21/2015 12:47:37 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder
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To: Enlightened1

Yeah, sure. Strong letter to follow.


9 posted on 07/21/2015 12:47:52 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: WayneS

Huma does the tongue lashing. Hillary demands it.


10 posted on 07/21/2015 12:50:03 PM PDT by kabar
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11 posted on 07/21/2015 12:50:30 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Enlightened1

Sounds like government grunge bands:

The Stern Warnings
The Raised Eyebrows
The Mild Epithets
The Subpoena Threats
The With All Due Respects
The I Take Full Responsibilities


12 posted on 07/21/2015 12:52:42 PM PDT by Zuse (I am disrupted! I am offended! I am insulted! I am outraged!)
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To: kabar

Now that is a mental image that can only be removed with power tools.

Thanks again.

CC


13 posted on 07/21/2015 12:54:23 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
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"Tired of the State Department's lack of care in handling Hillary Clinton's emails"

"Lack of care" my eye. They destroyed those e-mails on purpose.

14 posted on 07/21/2015 1:08:50 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: Enlightened1

What about “paying for” all of the emails and documents that have already been destroyed?


15 posted on 07/21/2015 1:20:13 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Enlightened1

When do people go to jail?


16 posted on 07/21/2015 1:30:21 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Zuse

And don’t forget the”Furrowed Brows”.


17 posted on 07/21/2015 1:32:11 PM PDT by beelzepug (liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
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To: Enlightened1

Suuuuuuuuuuure they will...


18 posted on 07/21/2015 1:34:47 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Zuse

And don’t forget Angry Letters....


19 posted on 07/21/2015 1:35:46 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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I read the comment above and it is sad to see how many people, including myself, don't believe anything will come of this.
20 posted on 07/21/2015 1:37:16 PM PDT by Duckdog (Can we rewind back to the 1980s?)
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