If Hillary Clinton thought she was out of the woods on her email scandal, then she would be mistaken as the the federal judge handling the Judicial Watch lawsuit just ordered her to answer questions on the use of her private email server while Secretary of State:
Court rules Hillary Clinton will have to answer written questions under oath about her email scandal. Another @JudicialWatch victory.
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) August 19, 2016
She has 30 days to answer once she receives the questions:
Clinton will, however, have to answer written questions – under oath – submitted by @JudicialWatch within 30 days https://t.co/po5WDZkFie
— Dan Merica (@merica) August 19, 2016
Which should be just in time for the debates!
Here’s the ruling:
Judge Sullivan: "@JudicialWatch may serve interrogatories on Secretary Clinton."https://t.co/AOsK7E3dn7 pic.twitter.com/8mIJIbB4RC
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) August 19, 2016
Team Clinton is understandably pissed at the decision:
Clinton camp's @brianefallon responds to this Judicial Watch ruling https://t.co/Un5XqGnEtC Statement: pic.twitter.com/sHwk2EkjFQ
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) August 19, 2016
Boo-hoo.
Judicial Watch released a statement saying they were “pleased” with the decision and that it’s a reminder that “Hillary Clinton is not above the law”:
Statement from @JudicialWatch president @TomFitton on judge's decision regarding Clinton deposition in email suit pic.twitter.com/TUfahLp29s
— Tré Goins-Phillips ???? (@tregp) August 19, 2016
It wasn’t a complete win for Judicial Watch as the judge did rule that Clinton didn’t have to sit for a deposition in the case:
MORE: Lawyers for Judicial Watch, who submitted request, wanted Clinton deposed in person. Judge did not grant that request.
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 19, 2016
Bummer.
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