Byron York of the Washington Examiner tweeted a ‘timeline of State Department obstruction’ that gives a great bird’s eye view of the entire Hillary Clinton scandal. One interesting point to ponder is the seven month lag between when the Benghazi committee discovered that Clinton was using a private email address and when the story “broke” in the New York Times.
September 11 2012: Benghazi attack. http://t.co/wJJUwtYX71
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
September 20 2012: House GOP sends first Benghazi document request to Hillary Clinton. Explicitly covers emails. None are produced.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
August 1 2013: After year of frustration, GOP issues two subpoenas to State, one on Benghazi, other on Benghazi internal review.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
April 17 2014: Last State Benghazi production to House Oversight cmte. Never a single email to or from Clinton. http://t.co/E06rbLa8X0
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
May 8 2014: House Select Committee on Benghazi created. Staff meets with State, hopes to 'reset' relations after long stonewall. No chance.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
August 11 2014: State sends first docs to new Benghazi cmte. Includes a few–less than 10–emails to or from Clinton. http://t.co/bfvhDgMic9
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
August 11 2014: Cmte staffers immediately notice address on Clinton emails: [email protected]. http://t.co/OKYwkeQGNJ
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
October 2014: State asks all fmr secretaries of state for documents. Later admit it was really to get Clinton docs. http://t.co/ALb8trBtpO
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
November 18 2014: Benghazi cmte sends another document request to state. This time, explicitly demands emails from @clintonemail.com.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
December 2 2014: Benghazi cmte sends document request to Clinton lawyer David Kendall. (Yes, the Clinton scandal lawyer from 1990s).
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
December 29 2014: Kendall sends trademark non-response response, tells Benghazi cmte he's forwarding request to State Dept.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
February 13 2015. State sends Benghazi cmte 850 pages of email from two different @clintonemail.com accounts. http://t.co/nOqjT4PphB
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
February 27 2015: In staff meeting, State admits the only Clinton emails it has are ones she has provided; shocks some on Benghazi cmte.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
February 27 2015: In same meeting, State admits Clinton used secret account exclusively. Won't say how many emails she turned over.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
March 2 2015: Email story breaks in NYT. Reports Clinton has turned over 55k pages to state. Number is news to Benghazi cmte.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
March 3 2015: Benghazi cmte sends 'preservation letters' to Clinton, internet company. http://t.co/4od8FALSMq
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
March 4 2015: Benghazi cmte issues two subpoenas, one to Clinton, one to State. http://t.co/1bYlzHmf9w
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
March 10 2015 Clinton holds newser, says she's already destroyed 30k emails. Cmte calls on her to allow search of server.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/NoahWehrman/status/577096373088047104
Most transparent administration in history.
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