Judicial Watch announced a federal court ordered a hearing for Thursday, October 11, 2018, on a motion to compel testimony about the email practices of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The order was issued by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan.
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June 13, 2018

Court Sets Hearing on Motion to Compel Email Testimony from Hillary Clinton

Hearing in Judicial Watch Lawsuit Set for October 11
(Washington, DC)– Judicial Watch announced a federal courtordereda hearing for Thursday, October 11, 2018, on a motion to compel testimony about the email practices of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The order was issued by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan.

The development comes in a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)lawsuitabout the controversial employment status of Huma Abedin, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Clinton.The lawsuit, which seeks records regarding the authorization for Abedin to engage in outside employment while employed by the Department of State,was reopenedbecause of revelations about the clintonemail.com system (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State(No. 1:13-cv-01363)).

In 2016, Hillary Clinton wasrequired to submit, under oath, written answers to Judicial Watch’s questions. Clinton objected to and refused to answer questions about the creation of her email system; her decision to use the system despite warnings from State Department cybersecurity officials; and the basis for her claim that the State Department had “90-95%” of her emails. Judge Sullivan is considering Judicial Watch’smotion to compelanswers to these questions.

In herresponsessent to Judicial Watch and the court on October 13, 2016, Clinton refused to answer three questions and responded that she “does not recall” 20 times concerning her non-government clintonemail.com email system. She preceded her responses by eight “general objections” and two “objections to definitions.” The words “object” or “objection” appear 84 times throughout the 23-page document submitted to the court and Judicial Watch.

Judge Sullivan will also hear arguments on Judicial Watch’s motion to compel testimony from former State Department Director of Information Resource Management of the Executive Secretariat John Bentel (who asserted his Fifth Amendment right and refused to answer 87 questions at his deposition) and Judicial Watch’s motion tounsealthe audiovisual recordings of all depositions. Judicial Watch took thetestimony of key Clinton aidesand State Department senior officials, including Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills, but the videotapes of the depositions are currently under seal.

“The Clinton email scandal isn’t going away especially as Mrs. Clinton refuses to answer key questions about her conduct,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Judicial Watch uncovered the Clinton email scandal, and since the DOJ and FBI have dropped the ball, is the last best hope for accountability and justice.”

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