The Blackberry Hillary Clinton used while secretary of state was reportedly not State Department property. With that in mind, the amount of information State can be “helpful” in turning over to the FBI could be limited, but they are being ordered to try:
JUST IN: Judge to order @StateDept to dialogue w/FBI about whether docs related to @JudicialWatch FOIA suit are on HRC server & thumb drive
— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) August 20, 2015
Federal Court orders State Dept to confer with FBI on searches of Hillary server and thumb drive http://t.co/aIIwqO2YVe
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) August 20, 2015
William Jacobson reports at Legal Insurrection that the judge was “shocked that State Dept has not communicated with FBI and DOJ.” Shocked? Really?
Update:
US District Judge Emmett Sullivan today asked the State Dept to find out if there are any backup copies of @HillaryClinton's server
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) August 20, 2015
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