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FOIA News: State Dep't stays clear of discovery dispute in Clinton FOIA case

State Department won't support Hillary Clinton effort to dodge deposition over email server and Benghazi

by Jerry Dunleavy, Wash Exam’r, Apr. 6, 2020

The State Department declined to join former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s effort to convince an appeals court to let her dodge a judge-ordered sworn deposition about her use of a private email server and the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack.

“The Court agrees with Judicial Watch — it is time to hear directly from Secretary Clinton," U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled in March while also ordering former Clinton chief of staff Cheryl Mills to be deposed by the conservative watchdog.

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