A federal court ruled Tuesday the U.S. attorney general can still get
involved in supervising the release of former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton’s emails, offering President-elect Donald Trump an opportunity
to intervene in the controversial case. n fact, the law requires it, according to the ruling
by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. It reversed a
lower court decision that the Department of State’s review of Clinton’s
emails was sufficient, and any appeal for intervention by the attorney
general was “moot.”
The court provides a new opening to Trump and his attorney general
designate, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions. A congressional vote
confirming Sessions could occur as early as Jan. 10, but Senate
Democrats indicated they will put up a stiff fight to defeat the
nomination.
Tuesday’s decision in “Judicial Watch vs. Kerry” affects emails the
former secretary and her aides sent and received using private email
addresses and a homebrew server in Clinton’s New York mansion to conduct
official business. About half of the 55,000 pages of emails from the
server were voluntarily handed over to the State Department by Clinton’s
lawyers.
Current Secretary of State John Kerry refused to refer the matter to
the attorney general as federal law requires. Instead, he allowed State
Department officials to pick and choose which emails could be withheld
and released to the public.
But the three-judge appeals court panel ruled that the Federal Records Act, “requires the
agency head and Archivist to take enforcement action through the
Attorney General if those (search) efforts are unsuccessful.”
The judges stated that “nothing the (State) Department did (either
before or after those complaints were filed) gave appellants what they
wanted. Instead of proceeding through the Attorney General, the
department asked the former secretary to return her emails voluntarily
and similarly requested that the FBI share any records it obtained.
As
the THREE-judge panel stated clearly, "The law requires" investigation
by the Attorney General. Perhaps we soon will have an Attorney General
who is not a disgraceful puppet of the Obama Administration.
We will see what happens?
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A federal court ruled Tuesday the U.S. attorney general can still get
involved in supervising the release of former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton’s emails, offering President-elect Donald Trump an opportunity
to intervene in the controversial case. n fact, the law requires it, according to the ruling
by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. It reversed a
lower court decision that the Department of State’s review of Clinton’s
emails was sufficient, and any appeal for intervention by the attorney
general was “moot.”
The court provides a new opening to Trump and his attorney general
designate, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions. A congressional vote
confirming Sessions could occur as early as Jan. 10, but Senate
Democrats indicated they will put up a stiff fight to defeat the
nomination.
Tuesday’s decision in “Judicial Watch vs. Kerry” affects emails the
former secretary and her aides sent and received using private email
addresses and a homebrew server in Clinton’s New York mansion to conduct
official business. About half of the 55,000 pages of emails from the
server were voluntarily handed over to the State Department by Clinton’s
lawyers.
Current Secretary of State John Kerry refused to refer the matter to
the attorney general as federal law requires. Instead, he allowed State
Department officials to pick and choose which emails could be withheld
and released to the public.
But the three-judge appeals court panel ruled that the Federal Records Act, “requires the
agency head and Archivist to take enforcement action through the
Attorney General if those (search) efforts are unsuccessful.”
The judges stated that “nothing the (State) Department did (either
before or after those complaints were filed) gave appellants what they
wanted. Instead of proceeding through the Attorney General, the
department asked the former secretary to return her emails voluntarily
and similarly requested that the FBI share any records it obtained.
As
the THREE-judge panel stated clearly, "The law requires" investigation
by the Attorney General. Perhaps we soon will have an Attorney General
who is not a disgraceful puppet of the Obama Administration.
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