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(Washington DC) – Judicial Watch today announced that a hearing will be held on Monday, March 13, 2017, regarding Judicial Watch’s lawsuit that seeks to force Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to take steps to “recover emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton” and other U.S. Department of State employees (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Rex Tillerson (No. 1:15-cv-00785)). The lawsuit was originally filed against then-Secretary of State John Kerry.

Date: Monday, March 13, 2017

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Courtroom 19

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

333 Constitution Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001

The hearing will focus on the next steps in light of the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that required Secretary of State John Kerry (now Secretary Rex Tillerson) to seek the help of the attorney general in recovering additional Hillary Clinton emails.

The Federal Records Act states that an agency head “shall” initiate an action through the Attorney General when he becomes aware of any unlawful removal of agency records. The Obama State Department refused to do this. The Trump State Department apparently intends to do the same. This despite the recent D.C. Circuit ruling that the State Department had not proved it had done enough to recover missing emails and that an enforcement action must be sought unless “no imaginable enforcement action by the Attorney General could lead to recovery of the missing emails.” Neither the State Department nor anyone else has ever contended that all the emails have been returned.

This will be the first hearing since Judge James E. Boasberg granted Kerry’s lawyers motion to dismiss. Judicial Watch then won on appeal and Judge Boasberg reversed the decision on December 27, 2016.

Despite the president’s campaign criticism of Hillary Clinton’s email practices and the protection of her illegal behavior by the Obama administration, the Trump State Department told Judicial Watch this week that it would continue to object to asking the Attorney General to take steps to recover Clinton’s emails.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
Given the fact that he said more than once during his campaign that he was going to appoint a special prosecutor ....

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Originally posted by sigfreund:

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
Given the fact that he said more than once during his campaign that he was going to appoint a special prosecutor ....

I had no interest in following the campaign minute by minute, but I missed his making that statement ever. Can you provide any links or otherwise cite any specifics about when he said that? I would have thought that if he’d promised to do something like that, people would have been asking “When?” immediately after the inauguration.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Okay, I was able to find something myself, but Trump himself didn’t even say the words “special prosecutor” in the interview video. Maybe he said it only once in the campaign—? But whether he said it more than once is immaterial; I want my elected officials to do what’s right. Someone’s going after Clinton for her manifest crimes would fill me with glee, but because it would be the right thing to do, not because of a campaign statement that may or may not have been a good idea.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
I added the second clip in a edit. You must have read my response before I added the second clip.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Who's the smirking metrosexual from Washington State? Is he the state AG?

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
So Judicial Watch has a hearing coming up on Monday to apparently force Rex Tillerson to direct the DOJ to continue looking into Hillary Clinton's email.

From Judicial Watch.

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(Washington DC) – Judicial Watch today announced that a hearing will be held on Monday, March 13, 2017, regarding Judicial Watch’s lawsuit that seeks to force Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to take steps to “recover emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton” and other U.S. Department of State employees (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Rex Tillerson (No. 1:15-cv-00785)). The lawsuit was originally filed against then-Secretary of State John Kerry.

Date: Monday, March 13, 2017

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Courtroom 19

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

333 Constitution Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001

The hearing will focus on the next steps in light of the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that required Secretary of State John Kerry (now Secretary Rex Tillerson) to seek the help of the attorney general in recovering additional Hillary Clinton emails.

The Federal Records Act states that an agency head “shall” initiate an action through the Attorney General when he becomes aware of any unlawful removal of agency records. The Obama State Department refused to do this. The Trump State Department apparently intends to do the same. This despite the recent D.C. Circuit ruling that the State Department had not proved it had done enough to recover missing emails and that an enforcement action must be sought unless “no imaginable enforcement action by the Attorney General could lead to recovery of the missing emails.” Neither the State Department nor anyone else has ever contended that all the emails have been returned.

This will be the first hearing since Judge James E. Boasberg granted Kerry’s lawyers motion to dismiss. Judicial Watch then won on appeal and Judge Boasberg reversed the decision on December 27, 2016.

Despite the president’s campaign criticism of Hillary Clinton’s email practices and the protection of her illegal behavior by the Obama administration, the Trump State Department told Judicial Watch this week that it would continue to object to asking the Attorney General to take steps to recover Clinton’s emails.

So according to this the Trump administration plans to take the same action as the Obama administration? Which is none. The moment Trump said that "the Clinton's are nice people and I don't want to hurt them" A whiff of bullshit entered the room.
Given the fact that he said more than once during his campaign that he was going to appoint a special prosecutor and told Hillary directly to her face that she should be in jail well, excuse me if I was expecting something other than a lawsuit action against his Secretary Of State forcing him to take the action that he is legally required to do in the first place.

This scandal is the plug that is holding the water in the swamp he is supposedly going to drain. Pull this plug and you drain the swamp from the bottom rather than bailing it out a little at a time from the top.

I'm as happy as anyone here that Trump is President but this has bugged me from the begining and is now it's starting to piss me off.

The promise of appointing a special prosecutor to pursue this scandal was just as central to his campaign and just as if not more important than building a wall or reforming Obamacare.

Comey and Koskinen both seem to be a couple happy clams in the swamp. Not so long ago the Republicans were screaming for Koskinen's impeachment.

I call bullshit when I see it and this is one area Trump is covered in it.

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Originally posted by lbj:
US Attorney who refused to submit resignation letter... You're Fired!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...s-attorney.html?_r=0

He may be a great prosecutor, and even though Trump wanted everyone's resignation letter, it didn't mean Trump would accept it.

But ol' Preet said he was such a good prosecutor, he didn't have to turn in his letter.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
So Judicial Watch has a hearing coming up on Monday to apparently force Rex Tillerson to direct the DOJ to continue looking into Hillary Clinton's email.

From Judicial Watch.

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(Washington DC) – Judicial Watch today announced that a hearing will be held on Monday, March 13, 2017, regarding Judicial Watch’s lawsuit that seeks to force Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to take steps to “recover emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton” and other U.S. Department of State employees (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Rex Tillerson (No. 1:15-cv-00785)). The lawsuit was originally filed against then-Secretary of State John Kerry.

Date: Monday, March 13, 2017

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Courtroom 19

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

333 Constitution Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001

The hearing will focus on the next steps in light of the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that required Secretary of State John Kerry (now Secretary Rex Tillerson) to seek the help of the attorney general in recovering additional Hillary Clinton emails.

The Federal Records Act states that an agency head “shall” initiate an action through the Attorney General when he becomes aware of any unlawful removal of agency records. The Obama State Department refused to do this. The Trump State Department apparently intends to do the same. This despite the recent D.C. Circuit ruling that the State Department had not proved it had done enough to recover missing emails and that an enforcement action must be sought unless “no imaginable enforcement action by the Attorney General could lead to recovery of the missing emails.” Neither the State Department nor anyone else has ever contended that all the emails have been returned.

This will be the first hearing since Judge James E. Boasberg granted Kerry’s lawyers motion to dismiss. Judicial Watch then won on appeal and Judge Boasberg reversed the decision on December 27, 2016.

Despite the president’s campaign criticism of Hillary Clinton’s email practices and the protection of her illegal behavior by the Obama administration, the Trump State Department told Judicial Watch this week that it would continue to object to asking the Attorney General to take steps to recover Clinton’s emails.

So according to this the Trump administration plans to take the same action as the Obama administration? Which is none. The moment Trump said that "the Clinton's are nice people and I don't want to hurt them" A whiff of bullshit entered the room.
Given the fact that he said more than once during his campaign that he was going to appoint a special prosecutor and told Hillary directly to her face that she should be in jail well, excuse me if I was expecting something other than a lawsuit action against his Secretary Of State forcing him to take the action that he is legally required to do in the first place.

This scandal is the plug that is holding the water in the swamp he is supposedly going to drain. Pull this plug and you drain the swamp from the bottom rather than bailing it out a little at a time from the top.

I'm as happy as anyone here that Trump is President but this has bugged me from the begining and is now it's starting to piss me off.

The promise of appointing a special prosecutor to pursue this scandal was just as central to his campaign and just as if not more important than building a wall or reforming Obamacare.

Comey and Koskinen both seem to be a couple happy clams in the swamp. Not so long ago the Republicans were screaming for Koskinen's impeachment.

I call bullshit when I see it and this is one area Trump is covered in it.

It will be hilarious when Trump has to go out announce that the courts have forced the administration to investigate her. He can explain he was trying to allow the country to heal, but these judges forced his hand. He didn't want her to do 10-20 years in fed pen, but it was the will of the courts.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
So Judicial Watch has a hearing coming up on Monday to apparently force Rex Tillerson to direct the DOJ to continue looking into Hillary Clinton's email.

From Judicial Watch.

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(Washington DC) – Judicial Watch today announced that a hearing will be held on Monday, March 13, 2017, regarding Judicial Watch’s lawsuit that seeks to force Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to take steps to “recover emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton” and other U.S. Department of State employees (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Rex Tillerson (No. 1:15-cv-00785)). The lawsuit was originally filed against then-Secretary of State John Kerry.

Date: Monday, March 13, 2017

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Courtroom 19

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

333 Constitution Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001

The hearing will focus on the next steps in light of the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that required Secretary of State John Kerry (now Secretary Rex Tillerson) to seek the help of the attorney general in recovering additional Hillary Clinton emails.

The Federal Records Act states that an agency head “shall” initiate an action through the Attorney General when he becomes aware of any unlawful removal of agency records. The Obama State Department refused to do this. The Trump State Department apparently intends to do the same. This despite the recent D.C. Circuit ruling that the State Department had not proved it had done enough to recover missing emails and that an enforcement action must be sought unless “no imaginable enforcement action by the Attorney General could lead to recovery of the missing emails.” Neither the State Department nor anyone else has ever contended that all the emails have been returned.

This will be the first hearing since Judge James E. Boasberg granted Kerry’s lawyers motion to dismiss. Judicial Watch then won on appeal and Judge Boasberg reversed the decision on December 27, 2016.

Despite the president’s campaign criticism of Hillary Clinton’s email practices and the protection of her illegal behavior by the Obama administration, the Trump State Department told Judicial Watch this week that it would continue to object to asking the Attorney General to take steps to recover Clinton’s emails.

So according to this the Trump administration plans to take the same action as the Obama administration? Which is none. The moment Trump said that "the Clinton's are nice people and I don't want to hurt them" A whiff of bullshit entered the room.
Given the fact that he said more than once during his campaign that he was going to appoint a special prosecutor and told Hillary directly to her face that she should be in jail well, excuse me if I was expecting something other than a lawsuit action against his Secretary Of State forcing him to take the action that he is legally required to do in the first place.

This scandal is the plug that is holding the water in the swamp he is supposedly going to drain. Pull this plug and you drain the swamp from the bottom rather than bailing it out a little at a time from the top.

I'm as happy as anyone here that Trump is President but this has bugged me from the begining and is now it's starting to piss me off.

The promise of appointing a special prosecutor to pursue this scandal was just as central to his campaign and just as if not more important than building a wall or reforming Obamacare.

Comey and Koskinen both seem to be a couple happy clams in the swamp. Not so long ago the Republicans were screaming for Koskinen's impeachment.

I call bullshit when I see it and this is one area Trump is covered in it.

It will be hilarious when Trump has to go out announce that the courts have forced the administration to investigate her. He can explain he was trying to allow the country to heal, but these judges forced his hand. He didn't want her to do 10-20 years in fed pen, but it was the will of the courts.

I am waiting right along side of you for this to happen.
However, unlike you I do not see it as a foregone conclusion.

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As others have noted, this war on Trump seems to be playing out in a similar fashion to how Scott Walker was attacked a few years ago.