Posted on 03/02/2020 9:11:31 AM PST by Conserv
A federal court on Monday ruled that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton must sit for a deposition where she will be questioned on matters relating to her use of a private server during her time in the State Department.
The ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia was issued in relation to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from conservative activist group Judicial Watch.
The Court had previously ordered discovery into three main areas: whether Clinton’s use of a private email server was an intentional attempt to evade FOIA; whether the State Department had previously attempted to settle the case in “bad faith”; whether the State Department had “adequately searched” for records pertinent to Judicial Watch’s request.
According to the order from Ronald Reagan-appointed U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, the case presented rare circumstances requiring further discovery.
“Although discovery in FOIA cases is rare, the Court again reminds the government that it was State’s mishandling of this case – which was either the result of bureaucratic incompetence or motivated by bad faith – that opened discovery in the first place,” Lamberth wrote. “Discovery up until this point has brought to light a noteworthy amount of relevant information, but Judicial Watch requests an additional round of discovery, and understandably so. With each passing round of discovery, the Court is left with more questions than answers.”
The order also stated that during a December 2019 status conference, Judicial Watch revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had recently produced “approximately thirty previously undisclosed Clinton emails” and that “State failed to fully explain the new emails’ origins when the Court directly questioned where they came from.”
Judicial Watch contended that it is necessary to depose Secretary Clinton because of “significant questions pertaining to her state of mind” which only she can answer.
“The Court GRANTS Judicial Watch’s request to depose Secretary Clinton on matters concerning her reasons for using a private server and her understanding of State’s records management obligations,” Lamberth wrote.
The court denied Judicial Watch’s request to depose Clinton over other matters, however–specifically those relating to the Benghazi attacks.
Read the full order below:
Judicial Watch!
Doing the WORK that the NSA/CIA/DOJ/FBI refuses to do!
When do we Civil Asset Forfeiture CF & CGI? OK I won’t mention Epstein, Weinstein, $0R0$.
I smell a terrible fall, and a concussion coming on.
The suit was brought by Judicial Watch. They'll be doing the deposition I presume.
It’s very important to use precise language.
“Private email” is (sort of) accurate, though doesn’t remotely convey what the facts are.
These were unsecured computer servers, brazen and negligent violations of numerous black letter federal laws with respect to the proper handling, custody and basic safeguarding of high level state secrets.
Further there is no method by which these highly classified and restricted materials that were discovered flying around the internet and exposed could have been transferred to unsecured channels without a person or persons physically uploading them - the materials were originally stored on devices that are not connected in any way to what we call the internet for precisely this reason. They can’t be hacked, which is the idea. At least until Mrs. Clinton showed up.
Somebody had to take pictures, or scan documents and upload them or email them over the open and unsecured internet, thumb drives, and all the other absolutely stupid things nobody is ever, ever supposed to do in the first place. It is absolutely jaw dropping how stupid these breaches were. Absolutely no excuse, and the fact that nobody is held accountable in the slightest, is damning for the upper reaches of national security.
WOW - that is one huge statement to be made by the court!
I would remind folks that “intent” is NOT part of the statue that governs miss handling of classified material.
It’s too late. The feds already granted all the witnesses unconditional immunity so they couldn’t be compelled to testify against Hillary, and the statute of limitations has now run out anyway.
If it can’t be televised at least the juicy parts can be leaked to the conservative press... that’s how dems do it.
Can a Clinton be Arkancided?
Like... in a chair?
Slick, HRC and Barry are all cousins (even if once removed) and therefore there is ZERO chance any one of them is going to take down another.
It will never get that far. It will draw out for another year or two until it becomes moot. Judge Lambert did the same thing with the Clintons after they left the WH. A few years later they claimed it was too late to do anything. Judge agreed.
She won’t run as a dark horse now? I guess it will be Moosehell or Lurch.
They want Biden for president and Hillary for vp.
Biden bows out, instant Hillary is president. IMHO
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