State Department Will Release More Hillary Clinton E-mails at 9 P.M.
A journalist who sued to get the e-mails says the unusual timing is “outrageous.”
Jun 30, 2015 12:57 PM EDT
Saying that it is releasing another batch of e-mails from Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state "in further demonstration of our commitment to transparency," the State Department told journalists Tuesday that it would post some 3,000 pages worth online at 9 p.m. ET.
"This is outrageous," said Jason Leopold of Vice News, the reporter who successfully sued to win release of more than 30,000 e-mails that the Democratic presidential candidate sent on a personal e-mail account using a private server while she was working as the nation's top diplomat. "There's no other reason other than to make sure people are sleeping and it just doesn't get any coverage."
Leopold broke the news of the unusual release time, which had been provided to reporters as background guidance, on his Twitter account.
He quickly corrected himself on the timing.
Leopold, an investigative reporter, successfully sued the department to release the Clinton e-mails under the Freedom of Information Act. A court ordered that the releases happen on a rolling basis, starting June 30. According to the State Department's timetable, they'll make the deadline with three hours to spare.
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