Summary: More emails between Hillary Clinton and top aides regarding work-related information have been discovered by the FBI.
Nearly 15,000 emails between Hillary Clinton and top aides during her time as secretary of state will begin to be released per a federal judge’s order. The State Department has been directed to evaluate 14,900 documents received from the FBI regarding the investigation into Clinton’s private server use for emails.
The State Department wanted to release the emails during the second week of October but Judge James Boasberg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia has requested additional emails to be assessed. Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group sent the request for this to happen to Judge Boasberg. It is unknown how many additional emails were uncovered.
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Clinton had released 30,000 in 2014 but the FBI has recovered several thousand more work-related emails. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, “As we have previously explained, the State Department voluntarily agreed to produce to Judicial Watch any emails sent or received by Secretary Clinton in her official capacity during her tenure as Secretary of State which are contained within the material turned over by the FBI and which were not already processed for FOIA by the State Department.”
Republicans have also issued greater pressure on the scandal by subpoenaing three technology companies that were involved with her home server setup. The companies had not cooperated with the House’s investigation, resulting in the necessity of the legal action.
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Rep. Lamar Smith said, “Companies providing services to Secretary Hillary Clinton’s private email account and server are not above the law. These companies have failed to comply with our committee’s request for documents and interviews that would provide information crucial to understanding Secretary Clinton’s private server and informing policy changes in how to prevent similar email arrangements in the future.”
Sen. Ron Johnson said, “The companies have direct and unique knowledge of her private server and email account. The information being sought is a crucial step in bringing greater transparency to Secretary Clinton’s ‘extreme careless’ – I would call it dangerously reckless and grossly negligent – email practices.”
The three companies are Platte River Networks in Denver Colorado, Datto Incorporated in Norwalk, Connecticut, and SECNAP Network Security Corporation in Boca Raton, Florida.
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