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AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records
It would appear that Mrs. Clinton's "press conference" yesterday did little to quell the outrage over her obvious attempts to circumvent the law and keep these documents hidden from the public. I wonder if she even realizes that the more she fights this the worse it is going to get...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
The legal action comes after repeated requests filed under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act have gone unfulfilled. They include one request AP made five years ago and others pending since the summer of 2013.
"After careful deliberation and exhausting our other options, The Associated Press is taking the necessary legal steps to gain access to these important documents, which will shed light on actions by the State Department and former Secretary Clinton, a presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, during some of the most significant issues of our time," said Karen Kaiser, AP's general counsel.
"The press is a proxy for the people, and AP will continue its pursuit of vital information that's in the public interest through this action and future open records requests," she said.
It would appear that Mrs. Clinton's "press conference" yesterday did little to quell the outrage over her obvious attempts to circumvent the law and keep these documents hidden from the public. I wonder if she even realizes that the more she fights this the worse it is going to get...