The FBI's year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server uncovered 14,900 emails and documents from her time as secretary of state that had not been disclosed by her attorneys, and a federal judge on Monday pressed the State Department to begin releasing emails sooner than mid-October as it planned.
Justice Department lawyers said last week that the State Department would review and turn over Clinton's work-related emails to a conservative legal group. The records are among "tens of thousands" of documents found by the FBI in its probe and turned over to the State Department, Justice Department attorney Lisa Ann Olson said Monday in court.
The 14,900 Clinton documents are nearly 50 percent more than the roughly 30,000 emails that Clinton's lawyers deemed work-related and returned to the department in December 2014.
Lawyers for the State Department and Judicial Watch, the legal group, are negotiating a plan for the release of the emails in a civil public records lawsuit before U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of Washington.
In a statement after a hearing at the U.S. district courthouse in Washington, Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said the group was pleased that Boasberg rejected the department's proposal to begin releasing documents weekly on Oct. 14, ordering it instead to prioritize Clinton's emails and to return to court Sept. 22 with a new plan.
"We're pleased the court accelerated the State Department's timing," Fitton said. "We're trying to work with the State Department here, but let's be clear: They have slow-walked and stonewalled the release of these records. They've had many of them since July 25 ... and not one record has yet been released, and we don't understand why that's the case."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 26 2016, @07:52PM
Comparing waffling with changing a position is misleading.
Waffling is about playing both sides simultaneously, not fully committing to any one position. That's Trump in a nutshell, he plays all sides of every issue so that in the future he can say he was "right."
Changing a position is about correcting an error and should be encouraged. If you told us you have never changed your mind in your life, I doubt anyone would believe you.
Saying that Stein has never changed a position is kinda simplistic. Anyone with such little public exposure hasn't really had their opinions tested. Its easy to stick to an opinion, no matter how poorly conceived, if you never have to face the consequences of that opinion.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 27 2016, @01:28AM
You've entirely missed the point. Hillary, and to a lesser degee, Trump, changes position with each new audience she addresses. Hillary even has a different accent ready for each audience.