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The U.S. State Department asked a judge on Friday for a one-month extension to finish publicly releasing thousands of emails sent by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state, in part because a winter storm closed government offices.
The department said in a federal court filing it needed until Feb. 29 after realizing this week that it had "overlooked" emails amounting to 7,254 printed pages that it should have already shared with other agencies for them to review for sensitive information.
originally posted by: tothetenthpower
a reply to: xuenchen
The emails would have been coming out hours before people in Iowa cast ballots.
Extending it just shields Clinton from fallout in those early primary states.
Political Theatre at it's finest. Seems she still has a lot of friends in the State Department.
~Tenth
originally posted by: tothetenthpower
a reply to: xuenchen
The emails would have been coming out hours before people in Iowa cast ballots.
Extending it just shields Clinton from fallout in those early primary states.
Political Theatre at it's finest. Seems she still has a lot of friends in the State Department.
~Tenth
originally posted by: introvert
Sounds to me like they are running behind schedule. Over 80% of the emails have been released and they still plan to release as much as they can on the given date. Yet, they are asking for an extension for the emails that must be passed-along to other agencies for review.
If these agencies are shut down because of weather and such, it may be tough to coordinate everything in a timely manner. We are talking about the government here.
As far as this being a conspiracy to help Clinton before the Iowa caucus, that seems a bit absurd. Sanders in already kicking her ass in Iowa and I don't see how any of the emails, if damning to Clinton, would change someone's mind to vote for Hillary rather than Sanders. That's illogical. The same applies to New Hampshire.
Clinton is killing Sanders in Nevada and South Carolina, so it appears those states are damn near locked regardless.
What use does such a conspiracy play?