Judge Royce C. Lamberth rules Crooked Hillary must face an
in-person deposition from Judicial Watch
over her illegal mail server that corrupt FBI Director James Comey gave her a
pass. Hopefully enough dirt is exposed in this deposition that not even Teflon Dem
crooks have to face jury trials.
Below is the Fox News
and Judicial Watch versions of the Crooked Hillary deposition news.
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Federal judge orders Hillary Clinton deposition to
address private emails: 'Still more to learn'
By Ronn
Blitzer
March 2, 2020
A federal judge Monday granted a request
from conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch to have former Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton sit for a sworn
deposition to answer questions about her use of a private email server to
conduct government business.
Clinton has argued that she has already answered questions
about this and should not have to do so again -- the matter did not result in
any charges for the then-presidential candidate in 2016 after a high-profile
investigation -- but D.C. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth said in
his ruling that her past responses left much to be desired.
"As extensive as the existing record is, it does not
sufficiently explain Secretary Clinton’s state of mind when she decided it
would be an acceptable practice to set up and use a private server to conduct
State Department business," Lamberth said.
The judge went on to recognize that while Clinton responded
to written questions in a separate case, "those responses were either
incomplete, unhelpful, or cursory at best. Simply put her responses left many
more questions than answers.” Lamberth said that using written questions
this time “will only muddle any understanding of Secretary Clinton’s state of
mind and fail to capture the full picture, thus delaying the final disposition
of this case even further.”
Lamberth even gave some examples of lingering questions
about Clinton's emails, such as how did she come to believe that her private
emails would be preserved under normal State Department processes, who told her
this and when, at what point did she learn department records management
officials did not know about the server, "[a]nd why did she think
that using a private server to conduct State Department business was
permissible under the law in the first place?"
The ruling comes after Judicial Watch revealed at a December
2019 status conference that the FBI released "approximately thirty
previously undisclosed Clinton emails," and that the State Department
"failed to fully explain" where they came from.
The State Department has been pushing for the discovery
phase of the case to come to a close, but Lamberth said he is not ready to do
so, saying that "there is still more to learn."
Judicial Watch, which initiated this case in 2014, is
looking for information regarding whether Clinton used her private email server
to intentionally get around the Freedom of Information Act, whether the State
Department acted in bad faith when they tried to settle the case years ago, and
whether the department had adequately looked for records in response to
Judicial Watch's initial FOIA request.
Given that the settlement attempts and records search took
place after Clinton left office, the judge ruled that the deposition should
focus on whether she intentionally tried to use her private server to evade
FOIA and her understanding of the State Department's record management
requirements.
Lamberth also granted Judicial Watch's request to depose
former Clinton chief of staff Cheryl Mills, IT specialist Paul Combetta who was
involved in deleting Clinton's emails, as well as Brett Gittleson and Yvette
Jacks, who were State Department officials familiar with Clinton's private
email server.
Judicial Watch also wanted to question Clinton and Mills
about government talking points in the aftermath of the 2012 Benghazi attack.
Lamberth said that while they "cannot be questioned about the underlying
actions taken after the Benghazi attack," they can face questions regarding
"their knowledge of the existence of any emails, documents, or text
messages related to the Benghazi attack."
Fox News' Bill Mears contributed to this report.
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Judicial Watch Victory: Federal Court Orders Deposition
of Hillary Clinton on Emails and Benghazi Attack Records
March 02, 2020
Court: ‘It is Time to Hear
Directly from Secretary Clinton’
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch today announced that
U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth granted Judicial Watch’s request to
depose former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about her emails and Benghazi
attack documents. The court also ordered the deposition of Clinton’s former
Chief of Staff, Cheryl Mills and two other State Department officials.
Additionally, the court granted Judicial Watch’s request to
subpoena Google for relevant documents and records associated with Clinton’s
emails during her tenure at the State Department.
The ruling comes in Judicial Watch’s lawsuit that seeks records
concerning “talking points or updates on the Benghazi attack” (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No.
1:14-cv-01242)). Judicial Watch famously uncovered in 2014 that the “talking
points” that provided the basis for Susan Rice’s false statements were created by the Obama White
House. This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit led directly to the disclosure
of the Clinton email system in 2015.
In December 2018, Judge Lamberth first ordered discovery into whether
Secretary Clinton’s use of a private email server was intended to stymie FOIA;
whether the State Department’s intent to settle this case in late 2014 and
early 2015 amounted to bad faith; and whether the State Department has
adequately searched for records responsive to Judicial Watch’s request. The
court also authorized discovery into whether the Benghazi controversy motivated
the cover-up of Clinton’s email. The court ruled that the Clinton email system
was “one of the gravest modern offenses to government transparency.” The State
and Justice Departments continued to defend Clinton’s and the agency’s email
conduct.
Judge Lamberth today overruled Clinton’s and the State and
Justice Department’s objections to limited additional discovery by first
noting:
Discovery up until this point has
brought to light a noteworthy amount of relevant information, but Judicial
Watch requests an additional round of discovery, and understandably so. With
each passing round of discovery, the Court is left with more questions than
answers.
Additionally, Judge Lamberth said that he is troubled by the
fact that both the State Department and Department of Justice want to close
discovery in this case:
[T]here is still more to learn.
Even though many important questions remain unanswered, the Justice Department
inexplicably still takes the position that the Court should close discovery and
rule on dispositive motions. The Court is especially troubled by this. To argue
that the Court now has enough information to determine whether State conducted
an adequate search is preposterous, especially when considering State’s
deficient representations regarding the existence of additional Clinton emails.
Instead, the Court will authorize a new round of discovery
With respect to Clinton, the court found that her prior
testimony, mostly through written sworn answers, was not sufficient:
The Court has considered the
numerous times in which Secretary Clinton said she could not recall or remember
certain details in her prior interrogatory answers. In a deposition, it is more
likely that plaintiff’s counsel could use documents and other testimony to attempt
to refresh her recollection. And so, to avoid the unsatisfying and inefficient
outcome of multiple rounds of fruitless interrogatories and move this almost
six-year-old case closer to its conclusion, Judicial Watch will be permitted to
clarify and further explore Secretary Clinton’s answers in person and
immediately after she gives them. The Court agrees with Judicial Watch – it is
time to hear directly from Secretary Clinton.
“Judicial Watch uncovered the Clinton email scandal and
we’re pleased that the court authorized us to depose Mrs. Clinton directly on
her email conduct and how it impacted the people’s ‘right to know’ under FOIA,”
stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
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Federal judge orders
Hillary Clinton deposition to address private emails: 'Still more to learn'
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Judicial Watch Victory:
Federal Court Orders Deposition of Hillary Clinton on Emails and Benghazi
Attack Records
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