Legal group poised to quiz Clinton aides about email server

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43. This is driven by the lack of transparency in the State Department.

It's unfortunate that conservative groups are forcing what we should have expected and demanded long ago. Nevertheless, my desire for open and honest government significantly exceeds any partisan protectiveness of either Clinton or the State Department.

The thirty-five+ civil lawsuits are also unrelated to the FBI's criminal investigation, and concern the delayed and incomplete FOIA responses. The fact that courts are taking the unusual tact of ordering discovery is a testament to the foolishness and deceptiveness of the bathroom server and related transparency avoidance. There's simply no excusable reason for any of this to have happened.

Will Clinton be indicted? I have no idea. Will the FBI be paying close attention to the civil depositions and related proceedings and could they make an indictment far more likely? Certainly. If Clinton or any top aids are indicted or their behavior costs Clinton political support, will the only person deserving blame be Clinton herself? Absolutely.