State Department seeks 2-year-plus delay in suit for Clinton aides’ emails

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/06/clinton-emails-state-lawsuit-delay-request-224981#ixzz4D517Fk50

Justice Department lawyers notified U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras on Wednesday that State will be unable to meet the court-ordered deadline of July 21 in the lawsuit the conservative group Citizens United brought earlier this year seeking emails ex-State Department officials Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin, Melanne Verveer and Michael Fuchs exchanged with individuals at the Clinton Foundation or a firm with ties to the Clintons, Teneo Consulting.

The government lawyers asked Contreras to give State an additional 27 months— until October 2018—to finish work on the request, processing documents at a rate of about 500 pages a month.

I think this is bad optics, it will just feed fuel to the fire that the State Dept. is working to block the investigation especially with the recent incident with Bill Clinton and Lynch. 500 pages a month seems a bit low as that is only about 25 pages a work day processed.

[still_one]

1. So who will you be voting for in the general election?

[morningfog]

2. Why are you posting about a DUer? Why make it personal?

[still_one]

4. The OP is pushing the right wing Citizens United case. The OP knows exactly what he or she is doing

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

3. I voted in the Democratic Primary and I am on a site called Democratic Underground...

I wonder who.. but nice job insinuating I have ulterior motives.

[still_one]

5. Are you cheering for Citizens United? Of course you avoided the question I asked

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

6. I am under no obligation to humor an asinine question that violates the ToS

[840high]

38. Not your business.

[Maru Kitteh]

47. Of course it is. This is Democratic Underground. Our business is the election of Democrats

Beginning with, and most especially, the Democratic nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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From Skinner's Journal: "We are Democrats and we are all Clinton supporters now. Our opponents are Donald Trump and the Republican Party."

So yes, of course it is our business who someone votes and advocates for in the general election.

[840high]

48. Votes are private.

[leftofcool]

7. Fuck Citizens United!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[still_one]

9. Isn't that terrific, some people pushing the right wing Citizens United

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

10. This post is about the request for a 2 year delay and less with Citizens United

Seeing how the only reason Citizens united is even mentioned in the article is because they filed the FOIA request. The point of the OP is in regard to the email investigation that actions like this I feel will be potentially damaging for the election because while it is not likely some nefarious plot by the state dept. to stonewall any investigation it gives the appearance of such. Sigh...

[leftofcool]

15. Like I said, FU to Citizens United.

They are a right wing hatchet group who does not deserve anything under FOIA.

[creeksneakers2]

20. The State Department

is overwhelmed with FOIA requests.

[still_one]

11. because that would defeat the OPs purpose. To push the right wing case, and try to undermine

Hillary

[lostincalifornia]

27. How would you know what the jury results are?

[George II]

12. Three questions:

Why are you hinting that the State Dept. is blocking the investigation?

Why are you hinting that a chance meeting between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch had ulterior motives and had something to do with the investigation?

Why are you questioning the pace of releasing emails?

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

13. Where did I hint any of those things?

Many republicans think that Obama/etc. are going to block an indictment over the emails and interfere with the investigation...

Actions like this feed the fire, even if there is nothing improper going on.

[leftofcool]

16. Answer the questions!!!!!!!!!!!!

And just so you are aware, there is not going to be an indictment.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

17. I asked to be shown where I personally hinted any of the claims he/she made against me.

I cannot answer a question that starts from a false premise.

[morningfog]

31. Answer the questions? Is it an interrogation?

[840high]

39. Who are you to demand?

[synergie]

43. That fire is fueled by RW lies and propaganda, there is nothing wrong with "actions like these"

Republicans don't think, they simply swallow whatever BS they're fed, and this thing they're trying to blow up into something in no way changes the storyline they've already created.

[morningfog]

25. WHy are you posting about a DUer?

[George II]

28. Who is "posting about a DUer"?

[morningfog]

30. You asking for the DUer to explain themselves, are you not?

[George II]

33. Isn't that what people do on a discussion site when one doesn't understand someone?

[morningfog]

34. You aren't asking for clarification though, are you?

You're asking for their motivation, right?

[George II]

35. You read it the way you want, but remember I was asking the OP, not you.

[trc]

14. The problem is with the State Department's system for archiving emails

I believe Rachel Maddow went through this several weeks ago. It seems that the archival process is so archaic that the emails to be retained must first be printed then submitted for storage. There apparently is no method in place for indexing the emails received so it literally is a hand search of documents to find relevant emails. That's why it can take months to search what should take only hours.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

26. Thanks for a reasonable response...

That seems like a good way to respond if anybody bring this up in conversation.

[MohRokTah]

18. I thought I'd seen everything here, but DUers supporting a Citizen's United lawsuit?

DAYUM!

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

22. Can you show where I supported the Citizen's United Lawsuit?

I fail to see how discussing a current event and what implications it could have on the election is supporting a Right Winger group, the very group who opened the floodgates for money in politics.

[MohRokTah]

23. Right here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512229195

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

24. Yeah thought so...

[MohRokTah]

36. You betchum, Skippy. eom

[840high]

40. 'bye

[Loki]

45. Paging Georgia Peanuts, pick up, pick up, pick up. Do you know who David Bossie is?

You might want to look him up and it might give you some insight into why posting information that sites his suit as something legitimate wouldn't be considered a good idea here. Just a heads up, if you're interested. I'll give you a hint, he's a Republican hack. So posting something using Citizen's United (the organization) as a source, well do you get the picture? We shall see.

[Politicalboi]

21. OMG!!!!!

LOL! It figures. I'm really surprised, really.

[Arazi]

32. Of course they're blocking the investigation. Duh

[SheilaT]

37. Wow. Two years. How do these people actually spend their working days? What

do they actually do all day long?

In the world outside of the government, lots of things get taken care of in a vastly more timely manner. Why should this take so long?

Really?

I wish I worked for an outfit where a year or more could be spent on something, and then we'd request an additional two years to finish the job. Maybe.

Where have I gone wrong in my employment choices?

[cosmicone]

41. Post removed

The content of this post defending from the assertions in the OP has been preemptively removed to not be caught up in censorship of pro-Hillary posts prevalent here.

[NastyRiffraff]

44. Good grief!

I actually had to double check that I was on the right site. Turns out it IS DU, but a post touting a Citizens United (!) suit and implying that a conversation between two people who know each other well is some kind of conspiracy? That post would not be out of place on Free Republic.

[randome]

46. “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails.”

Apparently some can never get enough of it, though.
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