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state dept delaying release of more documents
Posted on: August 30, 2016 at 15:31:24 CT
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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/293816-state-dept-plans-not-to-release-docs-to-rnc-until-after-election
The State Department is arguing in court that it cannot meet the Republican National Committee’s demands for records from Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary until after the November election.
The department said this week that nearly two-thirds of its records about functions held in the Diplomatic Reception Room during Clinton’s years at State can’t be made public before Election Day due to its current workload.
The RNC has declined an opportunity to narrow the number of functions about which it wants information.
The department has also maintained that it can’t find any visitor logs or other records about visitors to Clinton’s former department or personal office, to the RNC’s consternation. State argued that the battle over the accuracy of that claim should be delayed until next spring.
The RNC pushed back against the department in a joint court filing on Monday.
The State Department should release all 1,600 pages of records about formal events during Clinton’s tenure by the Nov. 8 election, it insisted, and filings to settle the matter of the visitor logs should take place in September.
“[T]ime is of the essence,” the RNC argued in the court filing late Monday evening.
“In recent months, State has faced scrutiny in the press for purportedly delaying productions in [Freedom of Information Act] litigation with the Associated Press over calendar entries and schedules similar to those that the RNC seeks here,” it added, referring to a yearslong battle between the AP and the State Department.
“Whatever the truth about those allegations, the RNC cannot agree to a summary-judgment briefing schedule that extends into next year.”
The State Department is arguing in court that it cannot meet the Republican National Committee’s demands for records from Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary until after the November election.
The department said this week that nearly two-thirds of its records about functions held in the Diplomatic Reception Room during Clinton’s years at State can’t be made public before Election Day due to its current workload.
The RNC has declined an opportunity to narrow the number of functions about which it wants information.
The department has also maintained that it can’t find any visitor logs or other records about visitors to Clinton’s former department or personal office, to the RNC’s consternation. State argued that the battle over the accuracy of that claim should be delayed until next spring.
The RNC pushed back against the department in a joint court filing on Monday.
The State Department should release all 1,600 pages of records about formal events during Clinton’s tenure by the Nov. 8 election, it insisted, and filings to settle the matter of the visitor logs should take place in September.
“[T]ime is of the essence,” the RNC argued in the court filing late Monday evening.
“In recent months, State has faced scrutiny in the press for purportedly delaying productions in [Freedom of Information Act] litigation with the Associated Press over calendar entries and schedules similar to those that the RNC seeks here,” it added, referring to a yearslong battle between the AP and the State Department.
“Whatever the truth about those allegations, the RNC cannot agree to a summary-judgment briefing schedule that extends into next year.”
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state dept delaying release of more documents - SuperTone MU - 8/30 15:31:24RE: And i think i heard that if the clintons stop their personal - "Wild Bill" Donovan MU - 8/30 16:12:16