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(13,297 posts) Sat Apr 16, 2016, 08:26 AM Apr 2016

Legal group poised to quiz Clinton aides about email server [View all]

Source: AP Yahoo

The State Department has agreed to a conservative legal group's request to question several current and former government officials about the creation of Hillary Clinton's private email system. The agreement filed late Friday with the U.S. District Court in Washington comes after a judge consented to allow the group Judicial Watch "limited discovery" to probe why Clinton relied on an email server in her New York home during her tenure as secretary of state. <snip>

If Judge Emmet G. Sullivan approves of Friday's agreement, lawyers from Judicial Watch will be allowed to depose Clinton's top aides, including former chief of staff Cheryl D. Mills, deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin and undersecretary Patrick F. Kennedy. Also on the list to be questioned is Bryan Pagliano, the department employee who set up and maintained Clinton's home brew email system. Pagliano previously invoked his Fifth Amendment right in declining to answer questions from a congressional committee.

The FBI is investigating whether sensitive information that flowed through Clinton's email server was mishandled. The inspectors general at the State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies are separately investigating whether rules or laws were broken. There are also at least 38 civil lawsuits, including one filed by The Associated Press, seeking copies of government records related to Clinton's time as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/legal-group-poised-quiz-clinton-aides-email-server-042451102--politics.html

(The agreement filed late Friday with the U.S. District Court in Washington)

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Legal group poised to quiz Clinton aides about email server [View all] tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 OP

apparently happened late Friday tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #1

So this is why Hillary Lawyered Up already FreakinDJ Apr 2016 #17

No, this is one of the 38 (or 39?) *CIVIL* lawsuits. IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #25

It is most likely that the FBI has begun the process CoffeeCat Apr 2016 #55

I think you are right, with one additional "denial isn't just a river" point IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #60

I have been thinking about that and not too longer afterwards Biden came out and made a statement Samantha Apr 2016 #70

Obama's comments on Fox last week were inappropriate. Major Hogwash Apr 2016 #75

I wonder who'll be next. Aldo Leopold Apr 2016 #2

"Longtime Clinton Attorney Now Representing Hillary in FBI’s Criminal Probe" tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #3

Interesting also, is that James Comey CoffeeCat Apr 2016 #63

"Judicial Watch" is a joke. Archae Apr 2016 #4

great news tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #6

and two federal judges are in on it,too. nt grasswire Apr 2016 #34

There are RW Federal judges too (in rather large numbers, COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #46

Sullivan was appointed by Clinton to the US District Court Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #51

Hard to fathom how we let Klayman's group of COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #53

It's not just them - AP News was trying to get info from 2010 on. Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #56

AP has a much greater role in this than Klayman's group COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #72

Who they are adds insult to injury, but unfortunately it is Clinton's actions that put them in karynnj Apr 2016 #10

I can't believe any sane Judge would let them COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #12

They were the first of the 38 or 39 civil lawsuits to advance this far. IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #26

Yep. I always rely on crazy Larry Klayman for sound legal COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #40

Most Democrats have a respect for transparency in government IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #41

Anything to do with Klayman and Judicial Watch has COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #45

Judicial Watch are a group of un-American right wing nutjobs rockfordfile Apr 2016 #62

Say what you want; this time they are in the right. IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #68

Yep. The leader said it was time for the Muslim to leave the WH. stopbush Apr 2016 #30

39 lawsuits and counting. The two party system worked as designed: IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #42

How about you be better than supporting a candidate stopbush Apr 2016 #50

Sanders has nothing to do with Hillary's legal problems. IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #58

At present, Hillary has no legal problems. stopbush Apr 2016 #61

39 Civil Suits with her name on them -- IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #66

Those "suits" will go as far as have all the other suits. stopbush Apr 2016 #67

Again, this is not a Sanders problem. IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #69

Yeah, well, AP News also sued because of no action on their FOIA requests Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #54

+1 Blue_Tires Apr 2016 #85

drip, drip, drip BigBearJohn Apr 2016 #5

.... rbrnmw Apr 2016 #83

The OBVIOUS question is why are they having some outside group do it instead of the government? pdsimdars Apr 2016 #7

Judicial Watch filed many FOIA requests that they now claim were not responded to in a timely karynnj Apr 2016 #11

Nothing was covered up? All of Hilliary's emails were kept hidden from FOIA discovery Akicita Apr 2016 #18

Agree completely I had meant that there was no crime that was covered up karynnj Apr 2016 #19

The well informed know that the SD demanded the emails back. Shame on the news media for allowing Akicita Apr 2016 #20

They did not make the demand until forced to by the courts. Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #59

Not completely true karynnj Apr 2016 #65

Well, I don't know what is completely true. I am trying to post the Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #71

Your links are good karynnj Apr 2016 #73

Very plausible, thanks very much. Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #79

Kick and R BeanMusical Apr 2016 #8

Sad that other groups didn't rise to the task of supporting the FOIA Babel_17 Apr 2016 #9

There are 38 other lawsuits going on and one has already progressed IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #27

Thank you for that information, it's much appreciated Babel_17 Apr 2016 #35

Beating a dead horse again... beastie boy Apr 2016 #13

That's the Clinton playbook alright. Drag it out, drag it out, then say it is old news. Akicita Apr 2016 #21

Oh damn, another loony conspiracy... beastie boy Apr 2016 #22

You know your post makes NO SENSE, don't you? BillZBubb Apr 2016 #28

It was intentional. How can a response to a nonsensical post possibly make sense? beastie boy Apr 2016 #38

Hillary has "Lawyered Up" FreakinDJ Apr 2016 #14

It usually means the FBI probe is looking serious. BillZBubb Apr 2016 #29

Criminal Attorney too FreakinDJ Apr 2016 #32

She can and should have a lawyer. Kingofalldems Apr 2016 #36

She didn't Lawyer up for the Benghazi hearings - why now FreakinDJ Apr 2016 #37

Keep dreaming. Kingofalldems Apr 2016 #39

David Kendall was there during the 11 hour Benghazi hearing. tammywammy Apr 2016 #64

oops.. sorry, I didn't see your post. Will delete mine. nt antigop Apr 2016 #15

It's good they seem to be trying to get to the bottom of this Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #16

I disagree karynnj Apr 2016 #23

plan to thwart legitimate oversight of her State Department Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #48

Politico says Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin, and Bryan Pagliano antigop Apr 2016 #24

This seems to me to be thorough enough. Major Hogwash Apr 2016 #76

This is disgusting we should be holding our own accountable. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #31

because they want to DRAG this out MFM008 Apr 2016 #33

This is driven by the lack of transparency in the State Department. branford Apr 2016 #43

Nice to see Larry Klayman getting respect Beaverhausen Apr 2016 #44

He isn't .... the issues are FOIA, transparency and open government karynnj Apr 2016 #49

I am disgusted that we're back to having to defend a Clinton again, parsing words and legalities riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #47

^THIS^ DebbieCDC Apr 2016 #74

Bingo. Else You Are Mad Apr 2016 #77

Larry Klayman is barely an attorney and is a joke Gothmog Apr 2016 #52

Yes, thank God its Larry Klayman and JW and not some far right nut jobs!!! HAHAHA winstars Apr 2016 #57

There are 38 or 39 separate lawsuits because FOIA matters. IdaBriggs Apr 2016 #78

Thanks for that information... winstars Apr 2016 #82

Glaring bad judgment by H. Clinton to have handled govt. communications this way tabasco Apr 2016 #80

Clinton Counting on Wins in New York FastLearner Apr 2016 #81

I'd be very surprised if they said anything Calista241 Apr 2016 #84