Oh? Nothing to see here, right? Move along?
Or not:
NEW: Judge orders Justice Dept to preserve private emails of top official who corresponded w/Podesta https://t.co/fmRhDfYZkt #FOIA
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) January 18, 2017
From Politico:
A federal judge issued a rare order Tuesday requiring the Justice Department to secure emails that may be in the personal Gmail account of a top department official who’s about to depart his post with the change in administration.
U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan instructed Justice to preserve any emails that Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Peter Kadzik has in private accounts that could be responsive to Freedom of Information Act requests filed by the conservative group Judicial Watch.
If you recall, Kadzik is the guy who was “running” the Clinton email probe who also emailed Podesta about trying to get his son a job on the Clinton campaign:
Can't make this up: DOJ official 'running' Clinton email probe tried to get son a job with the Clinton campaign https://t.co/a7zAHDafj1
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 1, 2016
And he gave Podesta a “heads up” with respect to potential questions at an oversight hearing:
SERIOUSLY!? WikiLeaks: DOJ official involved in Clinton probe gave John Podesta this ‘heads up’ #PodestaEmails26 https://t.co/25TNntqmfN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 2, 2016
Kadzik is currently under investigation by the DOJ’s inspector general over that “head up” email:
According to statement, Investigation will also focus on Assistant Attorney General Peter J. Kadzik for improper disclosures to Clinton camp
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) January 12, 2017
Podesta emails showed that Kadzik emailed him about details of Hillary Clinton’s email investigation during the campaign
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) January 12, 2017
Earlier on Tuesday, the DOJ claimed in a court filing that the did not have any of these private emails, which seems to have angered the judge, resulting in his later ruling:
DOJ says Kadzik has no Gmail msgs responsive to @JudicialWatch #FOIA, but will preserve them 'should any exist' https://t.co/my2O1nnTyB
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) January 17, 2017
According to Politico, Kadzik is to leave the DOJ on Thursday.
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