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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
The legal action comes after repeated requests filed under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act have gone unfulfilled. They include one request AP made five years ago and others pending since the summer of 2013.
"After careful deliberation and exhausting our other options, The Associated Press is taking the necessary legal steps to gain access to these important documents, which will shed light on actions by the State Department and former Secretary Clinton, a presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, during some of the most significant issues of our time," said Karen Kaiser, AP's general counsel.
"The press is a proxy for the people, and AP will continue its pursuit of vital information that's in the public interest through this action and future open records requests," she said.
AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records
It would appear that Mrs. Clinton's "press conference" yesterday did little to quell the outrage over her obvious attempts to circumvent the law and keep these documents hidden from the public. I wonder if she even realizes that the more she fights this the worse it is going to get...
AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records
It would appear that Mrs. Clinton's "press conference" yesterday did little to quell the outrage over her obvious attempts to circumvent the law and keep these documents hidden from the public. I wonder if she even realizes that the more she fights this the worse it is going to get...
I can envision this thing playing out to be a battle over possession of that server with the state insisting on taking possession of it and the Clintons fighting them tooth and nail... only for it to be revealed a year down the road that it "accidentally" fell into the bathtub while it was plugged in or something.:roll:Interesting.
I can envision this thing playing out to be a battle over possession of that server with the state insisting on taking possession of it and the Clintons fighting them tooth and nail... only for it to be revealed a year down the road that it "accidentally" fell into the bathtub while it was plugged in or something.:roll:
AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records
It would appear that Mrs. Clinton's "press conference" yesterday did little to quell the outrage over her obvious attempts to circumvent the law and keep these documents hidden from the public. I wonder if she even realizes that the more she fights this the worse it is going to get...
Their dogs peed on her server and fried it.
Perhaps Bill was giving Hill a golden shower and missed :2sick1:
I guess we can all relax now that AP are on this.
I'm still puzzled why they are. .
I can envision this thing playing out to be a battle over possession of that server with the state insisting on taking possession of it and the Clintons fighting them tooth and nail... only for it to be revealed a year down the road that it "accidentally" fell into the bathtub while it was plugged in or something.:roll:
I don't know about US law, but here in Canada our FOI legislation makes it an offense to destroy any document, in any form, that is the subject of an official FOI access request. As such, if Hillary Clinton or the State Department were to destroy or alter any emails subject to these requests, they should be prosecuted under the legislation. Now that Clinton has admitted to possession of the personal server, that server in effect becomes under the care and control of the State Department for purposes of the FOI process. An agent or employee of government cannot avoid the provisions of FOI by holding official government documents personally.
Perhaps Bill was giving Hill a golden shower and missed :2sick1:
Yep, the Obama DOJ will surely get right on "investigating" the Obama State Department - just like they did with the IRS. Not a smidgeon of corruption, much less any crime, will be found although some bone-headed mistakes will be acknowledged- so why any waste money pretending to do so?
I'm still puzzled why they are. .
I have a theory.
Now that the Emails are sanitized thoroughly ( AP is well aware of this ) the AP can start their lawsuit.
The State Department will comply and hand over all the Emails that Clinton gave them and when nothing incriminating is found, the Clintons, the Obama administration and the AP and other left wing media outlets can claim that this was red herring all along.
The State Department will also use this opportunity to publicly brag about how " transparent " they are.
Oh, I needed that image this morning.....
I don't know about US law, but here in Canada our FOI legislation makes it an offense to destroy any document, in any form, that is the subject of an official FOI access request. As such, if Hillary Clinton or the State Department were to destroy or alter any emails subject to these requests, they should be prosecuted under the legislation. Now that Clinton has admitted to possession of the personal server, that server in effect becomes under the care and control of the State Department for purposes of the FOI process. An agent or employee of government cannot avoid the provisions of FOI by holding official government documents personally.
I have a theory.
Now that the Emails are sanitized thoroughly ( AP is well aware of this ) the AP can start their lawsuit.
The State Department will comply and hand over all the Emails that Clinton gave them and when nothing incriminating is found, the Clintons, the Obama administration and the AP and other left wing media outlets can claim that this was red herring all along.
The State Department will also use this opportunity to publicly brag about how " transparent " they are.
I don't know about US law, but here in Canada our FOI legislation makes it an offense to destroy any document, in any form, that is the subject of an official FOI access request. As such, if Hillary Clinton or the State Department were to destroy or alter any emails subject to these requests, they should be prosecuted under the legislation. Now that Clinton has admitted to possession of the personal server, that server in effect becomes under the care and control of the State Department for purposes of the FOI process. An agent or employee of government cannot avoid the provisions of FOI by holding official government documents personally.
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