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‘This Is No Longer Secretary Clinton’s State Department’: Judges Wary of Her Deposition Over Emails
The National Law Journal ^ | 06/02/2020 | Jacqueline Thomsen

Posted on 06/02/2020 10:27:57 AM PDT by aimhigh

“If the question is whether there's been an adequate search, what difference does it make what the intent was or reasons for using a private server, or Hillary Clinton’s or anyone else’s understanding of State’s record searching obligations?” Judge Robert Wilkins asked.

A panel of federal appeals judges were doubtful Tuesday of what additional information could be gleaned about Hillary Clinton’s emails if the former secretary of state were to sit for a deposition in a public records case.

On Tuesday, Judicial Watch attorney Ramona Cotca told the court that the group had remaining questions over the handling of the emails. “The issue is identifying all sources where Clinton emails reside, and for the State Department to do an adequate search,” she said. “The State Department now has every incentive to get to the bottom of this if you have any questions, if that’s the case,” Pillard replied. “This is no longer Secretary Clinton’s State Department, this is the Trump State Department."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clintoncrimefamily; emails; hillary; hillaryemails; judicialwatch; ramonacotca; state
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1 posted on 06/02/2020 10:27:57 AM PDT by aimhigh
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“what difference does it make”

Where have we heard that before?


2 posted on 06/02/2020 10:30:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: aimhigh

No summary?


3 posted on 06/02/2020 10:31:03 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: aimhigh

Why would it not be Pompeo’s State Department?

Trump was never secretary of state, you idiot judge.


4 posted on 06/02/2020 10:31:21 AM PDT by chris37 (China's Gift wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: aimhigh

Any judge that would believe her is a Democrat.


5 posted on 06/02/2020 10:32:08 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: aimhigh

It doesn’t matter what Hillary’s intent was when using a non-government monitored computer?

These Democrats live in Candyland.


6 posted on 06/02/2020 10:35:30 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: chris37

Maybe the judge thinks Hillary won in 2016. I mean, she was inevitable.


7 posted on 06/02/2020 10:35:50 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: aimhigh

If it’s no longer Hillary Clinton’s State Department, why are her FOIA’d emails so heavily redacted:

https://foia.state.gov/scripts/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?File=\DOCUMENTS\HRCEmail_Jan7thWeb\O-2015-08641-JAN7\DOC_0C05795460\C05795460.pdf#page=1&zoom=auto,-15,792


8 posted on 06/02/2020 10:37:15 AM PDT by Prolixus (In all seriousness:)
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To: ClearCase_guy

This hack judge needs to be tossed out with Sullivan.


9 posted on 06/02/2020 10:37:19 AM PDT by chris37 (China's Gift wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Mistakes were made”


10 posted on 06/02/2020 10:42:08 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Zathras
18 U.S. Code 2071.

Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally (a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, §&8239;552(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1566; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §&8239;330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

11 posted on 06/02/2020 10:50:48 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. http://www.fr)
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FBI ‘lost Notes’ From August 2015 Meeting with IC Inspector General Regarding Hillary Clinton’s Private Server...
thegatewaypundit ^ | 5/04/19 | Cristina Laila
FR Posted on 5/5/2019, 2:50:23 PM by blueyon

The FBI ‘lost notes’ from an August 2015 meeting with the Intelligence Community Inspector Gen eral about Hillary Clinton’s private server, according to new FBI docs released Friday. According to the newly released FBI docs related to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private server, Special Agents (SAs) have been gathering and copying materials in response to FOIA and stumbled across some ‘missing notes.’

How convenient.

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


12 posted on 06/02/2020 10:52:29 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. http://www.fr)
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To: BenLurkin
“what difference does it make”

Where have we heard that before?

This is either the worst Freudian slip ever by one of these Federal black-robed lawyer-with-connections, or he's rubbing it in our faces.

13 posted on 06/02/2020 10:56:25 AM PDT by niteowl77
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(AFTER SHE LOST TO DONALD, OBAMA "SUDDENLY" REMEMBERED)
Obama Suddenly Remembered "He Had a Deal With Hillary" Allowing Removal Of State Dept Records.

By RYAN SAAVEDRA, dailywire.com, Dec 15, 2017

Newly-revealed documents obtained by conservative watchdog Judicial Watch reveal that the Obama State Department allowed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her top aide Huma Abedin to remove sensitive documents that were not to be made public records (including official “Muslim Engagement Documents”).

Judicial Watch received the records on Thursday in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that sought all DS-1904 forms completed by or on behalf of Former Secretary Hillary Clinton, Former Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, Former Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin, and Former Deputy Chief of Staff Jacob Sullivan.

Clinton and Abedin were permitted to remove both electronic and physical records, claiming “they were ‘personal’ materials and ‘unclassified, non-record materials,’ including files of Clinton’s calls and schedules, which were not to be made public.”

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton noted the gravity of the latest revelations, stating they showed further corruption in the Obama administration and with Clinton.

“We already know the Obama State Department let Hillary Clinton steal and then delete her government emails, which included classified information,” Fitton said in a statement. “But these new records show that was only part of the scandal. These new documents show the Obama State Department had a deal with Hillary Clinton to hide her calls logs and schedules, which would be contrary to FOIA and other laws.”

Electronic records Clinton was allowed to remove:
Copy of “daily files.”
Non-record copy of a log of calls the Secretary made since 2004.
Official and personal copy of the Secretary’s “call grid” which is a running list of calls she wants to make.

Physical records Clinton was allowed to remove: 16 boxes of personal schedules from 1993-2008 (prior to her becoming Secretary of State).
29 boxes of miscellaneous public schedules ranging from her time as FLOTUS up to her State Dept tenure.
1 box of personal reimbursable receipts. 1 box of personal photos. 1 box personal schedule.
Personal correspondence.
Daily file binders. Gift binders. Gifts (actual). Topic binders.

Electronic records Abedin was allowed to remove
Outlook contacts.

Physical records Abedin was allowed to remove (5 boxes):
Travel Records
Muslim Engagement Documents
Newspaper Articles
Gift Archive Binder
FLOTUS “Courtesy Storage/Box Content List” Binder
CODEL Trips Binder
Menu Cards & Table Arrangement Binder
Personal Event Planner (2001 thru 2011)

“The originals of some Clinton documents were retained, such as the call logs and schedules,” Judicial Watch reports. “For other records, including material that predates Clinton’s tenure, there is no indication that a copy was made. The most significant of these are Hillary's personal correspondence and gift binders, which could reflect Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative ties.”
Non-record copy of a log of calls the Secretary made since 2004.
Official and personal copy of the Secretary’s “call grid” which is a running list of calls she wants to make.

Physical records Clinton was allowed to remove: 16 boxes of personal schedules from 1993-2008 (prior to her becoming Secretary of State).
29 boxes of miscellaneous public schedules ranging from her time as FLOTUS up to her State Dept tenure.
1 box of personal reimbursable receipts. 1 box of personal photos. 1 box personal schedule.
Personal correspondence.
Daily file binders. Gift binders. Gifts (actual). Topic binders.

Electronic records Abedin was allowed to remove
Outlook contacts.

Physical records Abedin was allowed to remove (5 boxes):
Travel Records
Muslim Engagement Documents
Newspaper Articles
Gift Archive Binder
FLOTUS “Courtesy Storage/Box Content List” Binder
CODEL Trips Binder
Menu Cards & Table Arrangement Binder
Personal Event Planner (2001 thru 2011)

“The originals of some Clinton documents were retained, such as the call logs and schedules,” Judicial Watch reports. “For other records, including material that predates Clinton’s tenure, there is no indication that a copy was made. The most significant of these are Hillary's personal correspondence a

14 posted on 06/02/2020 10:56:43 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. http://www.fr)
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Former FBI Lawyer James Baker Originally Believed Hillary Clinton Should Be Charged
saraacarter.com ^ | 2/20/2019 | Sara A. Carter
FR Posted on 2/20/2019, 6:02:28 PM by bitt

Former FBI General Counsel James Baker originally believed Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of highly classified information was “alarming” and “appalling.”

At the time, he believed her use of a private server to send the classified emails was sufficient enough to secure an indictment to possibly charge her for violations under the Espionage Act, for mishandling sensitive government documents.

Baker held onto that belief until shortly before his former boss FBI Director James Comey made the public announcement not to charge Clinton on July 5, 2017. He said he changed his position only after arguing and discussing the situation over a period of time with senior colleagues at the bureau, to include Comey.

Comey, however, had already written an early draft in May, exonerating Clinton and changing “grossly negligent,” a legal term for mishandling classified information to “extremely careless,” according to drafts obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017.

Ratcliffe Questions Baker——Under questioning by Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, Baker spoke extensively about the back and forth arguments. Baker is currently under a DOJ investigation for allegedly leaking information to the media and he steered clear of answering any questions regarding leaks.

“As the FBI general counsel, you originally believed it was appropriate, it was appropriate to charge Hillary Clinton with violation of the law for mishandling classified information,” asked Ratcliff, who is with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Baker answered. He described reviewing a classified “binder” containing material related to Clinton’s investigation that contained sensitive and highly classified emails she was transmitting over her semi-secured server. (Excerpt) Read more at saraacarter.com ...


15 posted on 06/02/2020 10:59:30 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. http://www.fr)
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OBAMA'S FBI and DOJ Caught Redacting Key Documents that Implicate Hillary and DNC
Say They Have "Nothing to do" with National Security

The Gateway Pundit ^ | October 8, 2018 | Jim Hoft
FR Posted on 10/8/2018 by detective

Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) , Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss the latest developments in the House investigation of Deep State spying on the Trump campaign and administration.

The liberal media has completely ignored the shocking revelation that the Obama administration and top officials at the DOJ were spying on Donald Trump during the campaign and after he was sworn into office.

During the election, top Democrat Party Attorney Michael Sussman met with the top lawyer of the Department of Justice to deliver the phony Russian dossier. The DOJ then used this fake political document to spy on Donald Trump and his campaign. (Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...

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Hillary maintained a private, unsecured e-mail server as Obama’s secretary of state and did not turn it over to the government for archiving after leaving office. Obama later lied about his knowledge of this server, the existence of which enabled Clinton to withhold documents related to the Benghazi debacle from congressional investigators.....among many Clinton underhanded activities.

16 posted on 06/02/2020 11:02:08 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. http://www.fr)
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To: aimhigh

Jail the Beotch!


17 posted on 06/02/2020 11:05:16 AM PDT by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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To: Liz
Baker held onto that belief until shortly

after the check cleared.

18 posted on 06/02/2020 11:08:14 AM PDT by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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>>>> Judicial Watch revealed that “after she lost” then-pres Obama allowed Hillary and Huma Abedin to remove sensitive documents to expressly hide them from public view (including official “Muslim Engagement Documents”).<<<<


“Obama: It was You.”
Mike Gallagher, talk radio personality, compiled and wrote the following essay.
The Coach’s Team | 8/5/18 | FR Posted by Oldpuppymax

It was you who spoke these words at an Islamic dinner -”I am one of you.”
It was you who on ABC News referenced “My Muslim faith.”
It was you who gave $100 million US tax dollars to re-build foreign mosques.
It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict-”I will stand with the Muslims.”
It was you who assured the Egyptian Foreign Minister that, “I am a Muslim.”
It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.
It was you who sat for 20 years in a Liberation Theology Church condemning Christianity and professing Marxism.
It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obamacare that US citizens have to pay.
It was you who omitted - “endowed by our Creator “ from your recitation of The Declaration Of Independence.
It was you who mocked the Bible and Christ’s Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the ‘HOLY’ Qur’an.
It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.
It was you who threw support behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the crater of the World Trade Center.
It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast.
It was you who hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the White House.
It was you who ordered Georgetown and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you agreed to speak.
It was you who NEVER requested mosques you visited to adjust their decor.
It was you who appointed anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.
It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.
It was you who said that NASA’s “foremost mission” was an outreach to Muslim communities.
It was you an Illinois Senator who was the ONLY one to speak in favor of infanticide.
It was you, the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the White House.
It was you who hung photos of Chairman Mao on the White House tree.
It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.
It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.
It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture.
It was you who submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.
It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists.
It was you who profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu—victims of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.
It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas.
It was you who ordered the US Postal Service to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a commemorative stamp.
It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help “empower” British Muslims.
It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in US grammar schools across our country.
It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.
It is you who left for Hawaii over the Christmas season to avoid criticism for NOT participating in White House religious events.
It was you who was uncharacteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak.
It was you who remained muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.
It was you who appointed Iranian Valerie Jarrett, a member of the Muslim Sisterhood.
It was you who said this country is not a Christian nation.
It was you who armed ISIS when the troops pulled out.
It was you who said the cost was too high to bring back arms and ammo.


19 posted on 06/02/2020 11:10:52 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. http://www.fr)
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To: Liz

Does anyone still operate under the delusion that justice will be served in America?


20 posted on 06/02/2020 11:11:50 AM PDT by Old Sarge ("Orange Man Bad - White Man Worse")
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