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posted by janrinok on Saturday August 20 2016, @04:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-not-going-away dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/20/us/politics/hillary-clinton-judge-emails.html?_r=0

A federal judge on Friday ordered Hillary Clinton to provide written testimony under oath about why she set up a private computer server to send and receive emails while secretary of state, ensuring that the issue will continue to dog her presidential campaign until the eve of the election.

In a brief ruling issued on Friday afternoon, the judge, Emmet G. Sullivan of Federal District Court in Washington, approved a motion by the conservative advocacy organization Judicial Watch to pursue its vigorous campaign to expose Mrs. Clinton's use of the private server. In addition to requiring her testimony in writing, the judge allowed the group to depose a senior State Department aide who had warned two subordinates not to question her email practices.

Only six weeks ago, the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey Jr., declined to recommend prosecuting Mrs. Clinton, saying that while her actions had been careless, they did not amount to a crime. Yet the controversy refuses to dissipate. This week, the bureau turned over to Congress the documents it compiled in the case, including a three-and-a-half hour interview with Mrs. Clinton, even as Republicans in Congress pressed their public case for her to be charged with perjury.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Gravis on Saturday August 20 2016, @05:33PM

    by Gravis (4596) on Saturday August 20 2016, @05:33PM (#390618)

    At this rate, the Democratic party will be better off letting Bernie be their candidate.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 20 2016, @05:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 20 2016, @05:56PM (#390631)

    They would have been better off before picking Sanders, but Hillary had dibs.

  • (Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Saturday August 20 2016, @08:06PM

    by opinionated_science (4031) on Saturday August 20 2016, @08:06PM (#390691)

    after the tarred and feathered job they gave him, he's been kicked into shape.

    The only thing you need to take away from this election, is that those asking to be elected are not like you and I. They can break laws or pay to have them delay, where we would long be in prison - our lives in shatters.

    Make no mistake, the media is fully complicit. Donald Trump tweeting, and Hilary Clinton's smary polish is all an act - someone will be elected and the power will attract the worse sorts.

    The "holier than thou" crowd - doesn't matter what dogma you "believe" , they'll look after *themselves* first...