Topic: Judge's orders: Feds to release details of Clinton email pro
mightymoe's photo
Fri 09/01/17 12:10 PM
A federal judge ordered the FBI on Thursday to disclose more details about how it handled its investigation into Hillary Clinton's secret email account. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said court papers describing the grand jury subpoenas the FBI obtained to compel information from Mrs. Clinton's internet service providers can be made public.

In doing so, he overruled objections by the Trump administration that had insisted making the information public would violate grand jury secrecy rules. "After reviewing the document in camera, the court concludes that it largely rehashes information already made public, thus obviating any need for secrecy," the judge said.

Two groups, Judicial Watch and Cause of Action Institute, have been prodding the government for more information about the Clinton emails, and they cheered the judge's ruling as a victory for transparency. "This order makes public details submitted by the government about the FBI's efforts to recover then-Secretary Clinton's unlawfully removed emails. Americans deserve to know the full scope of that investigation," said COA President John J. Vecchione.

Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, said he didn't understand why the Trump administration was still backing the Obama administration's fight against transparency in this case. "President Trump ought to be outraged his appointees are protecting Hillary Clinton," Mr. Fitton said. "The State Department should initiate action with the Justice Department - and both agencies should finally take the necessary steps to recover all the government emails Hillary Clinton unlawfully removed."

The case stems from questions about Mrs. Clinton's secret server and the trove of emails she belatedly turned over.

The former secretary of state said she included all of her work-related emails in what she returned to the department, then wiped the server - which she had kept at her home in New York - clean.

But the FBI managed to obtain some emails that were clearly work-related, but which the former senator and first lady didn't turn over, raising questions about what else may be out there.

Mrs. Clinton's critics have said the FBI needs to make a more robust effort to try to recover those messages.

The FBI this week also refused an open-records request from a lawyer seeking the bureau's file on its investigation into Mrs. Clinton. The FBI said there was too little public interest in the case to outweigh Mrs. Clinton's privacy interests.

Comment: This woman was the runner-up for president. Her dealings on behalf of the government and the people should be an open book. The lack of adherence to protocol and the cavalier approach to the serious duty and diligence of her office suggests the amount of distrust owed her. For the legal system to shield her actions with bogus claims of 'too little public interest' suggests the amount of distrust owed the US justice system as well.

See also:

FBI: Lack of public interest in Hillary emails justifies withholding documents
Obama 'still running the FBI,' says lawyer after agency blocks access to Clinton records because of "lack of public interest"


msharmony's photo
Fri 09/01/17 01:37 PM
I agree, investigate her again, and find nothing again

and continue to hear those pushing about how 'corrupt' she has not actually been proven to be, also defend Trump out the other sides of their necks for whatever any investigations on him turn up as either

'so what? no big deal'

or

'its a conspiracy because he is not playing along with them'

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Fri 09/01/17 02:32 PM
Hilary stonewalled the investigation at every step. Most of the records have been deleted, scrubbed and wiped clean by now.

mightymoe's photo
Fri 09/01/17 03:32 PM

Hilary stonewalled the investigation at every step. Most of the records have been deleted, scrubbed and wiped clean by now.

not to mention she had the FIB on her payroll as well..

no photo
Fri 09/01/17 06:23 PM
and may still have....glasses