Hillary Clinton Seeks To Block The Court's Request To Testify
The US District Court of
Appeals of Columbia said it would hold a hearing to determine if Clinton's
efforts to subpoena are justified.
Former US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton argued that she did not need to testify in court because
she was a former senior government official, and because the case is being
handled by the FBI trying to recover her email from various sources.
Clinton was investigated on
allegations that the confidential information she had stored or transmitted
improperly from her personal email server when she was Secretary of State.
The district court said it
would hold a hearing on Mrs. Clinton's testimony of evasion, and former Clinton
Office Cheryl Mills, at 9:30 am on June 2.
Judicial Watch, a legal
watchdog, argues that neither Clinton nor Mills have demonstrated that they do
not need to follow common appellate rules to challenge District Court orders,
and that the lawsuit Not a debate.
Legal experts say the FBI's
effort is incomplete, as evidenced by the discovery of 30 more Clinton emails
at the end of last year, among other developments and other emails that could
be restored. if the government is forced to find them.
The hearing was part of a
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking records related to
"talking points or updates about the Benghazi attack".
In 2014, the Judicial Watch
discovered the "talking points" created by Obama's White House,
showing statements about the attack on the eve of the 2012 National Security
Advisor's election.
This FOIA lawsuit led
directly to the disclosure of Clinton's email system in 2015.
On March 2, 2020, District
Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth said it would take testimony (under oath) from
Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Mill, regarding Mrs. Clinton's emails and the existence of
the lakes. Profile of the attack in Benghazi.
In April, Judicial Watch
and the Department of State, represented by attorneys of the Justice
Department, submitted responses opposing Clinton and Mill's requests to oppose
their witness request.
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