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Sources: State Dept. finds more Clinton emails relating to Libya, Benghazi
WASHINGTON – The State Department has discovered more Hillary Clinton emails related to Libya and Benghazi – and is now turning them over to the House Select Committee on Benghazi, sources say.
One source close to the investigation said they include a chain of 900 Libya-related emails that Clinton failed to turn over when she provided what she said was the full record of work-related correspondence when she was secretary of state. Not all of them are related to the 2012 Benghazi attacks.
The revelation adds to the growing questions related to the Democratic presidential front-runner's unusual usage of a private email account and server while in government.
The messages, according to reports, were exchanged with former top Gen. David Petraeus, beginning before Clinton entered office and continuing into her first days on the job.
Petraeus was head of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) when Clinton took office in 2009 and then went on to become director of the CIA from 2011-12.
Officials said the emails largely pertained to personnel matters and in no way dealt with classified material. But their existence challenges Clinton's claim that she has handed over the entirety of her work emails from the account.
Jamal D. Ware, spokesman for the Select Committee on Benghazi, issued a statement Friday in response to the news about the new documents.
“The State Department, which has failed to comply with multiple Benghazi Committee requests and failed to act in good faith, is now indicating it intends to foster a more cooperative relationship with the committee. It’s curious the Department is suddenly able to be more productive after recent staff changes involving those responsible for document production.”
The State Department has already released more than 13,000 pages of Hillary Clinton emails – not all Benghazi related -- as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act process. Clinton has taken heat for having the private email address and a separate server, casting doubt over whether all of her communications relating to the 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi would be turned over to the committee.
Ware said the new emails have not yet been turned over. “The Committee is not yet in receipt of this new production, and will not be issuing any statements regarding it until it can be thoroughly examined,” he said.
“If indeed this is a sign the stonewalling and political protection effort that was previously being run by the Department is diminishing, the Committee welcomes it. The proof will be in the production.”
Clinton is expected to testify before the Committee investigating the attacks in October.
Clinton is expected to testify before the Committee investigating the attacks in October.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
We are talking about a chain of over 900 emails concerning Libya, which she failed to turn over.
Kind of a HUGE mistake? accident? Brain Fart?
originally posted by: Metallicus
There might actually be some justice in the world if this hag can be prosecuted and put in jail. It might restore some of my faith in our justice system.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
She will never admit to any wrong doing. Her defenders will continue to defend her. I don't see the republicans having the spine to push this too far. Everyone will make some noise and that will be the end of it.
Hey! My first ATS prediction!
originally posted by: DBCowboy
She will never admit to any wrong doing. Her defenders will continue to defend her. I don't see the republicans having the spine to push this too far. Everyone will make some noise and that will be the end of it.
Hey! My first ATS prediction!