FBI to soon release documents related to Clinton email probe

Mrs. Clinton eschewed a state.gov account during her time in office and instead used an account tied to a server she kept at her home in NY. The subpoenas were issued Monday by House Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith of Texas with the support of Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

After prodding by Congress, the State Department demanded she return her emails, and she turned over about 30,000 messages she said were work-related, and said she deleted another 30,000 that were personal – and then wiped her server.

Earlier this month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation turned over notes from its interview with Clinton to Congress after several Republicans requested the testimony. The Justice Department accepted the FBI’s recommendation.

The emails were obtained by the conservative group Citizens United and first reported by ABC News.

Some or all of the emails may be duplicates of emails previously handed over to the State Department by Clinton, government lawyers said.

Judge Amit Mehta determined that the State Department and Judicial Watch must deliver a status report to the court by September 6 to indicate how numerous emails are non-duplicative of any other communications Clinton has previously disclosed. The department said it would like time to review the emails to determine whether they contain any classified information.

Mrs. Clinton could also have to answer whether she destroyed work-related emails.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses as she speaks at a campaign event at Truckee Meadows Community College, in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. “They had been unresponsive from the State Department until we sued them to get the documents, so you know we’re glad to have plenty of conversations with people about that”.

She said it was “extremely ambitious” for the agency to complete its review and begin releasing the first batches of emails to Judicial Watch by October 14, given the volume of messages. Judicial Watch said in one of its questions to Mrs. Clinton. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had already said the foundation would no longer accept foreign or corporate donations and that he would no longer raise money for the organization if she became president.

Republicans charge that donors to the foundation, including foreign governments and corporations, got preferential treatment from the State Department while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state.

Thanks to that rare designation, Abedin was able to collect paychecks from the State Department, the Clinton Foundation and a consulting firm called Teneo Strategies – all at the same time.

Clinton campaign spokesman Josh Schwerin said the emails released are a political attack on the Clintons.

Clinton has said the AP’s analysis was flawed because it did not account fully for all meetings and phone calls during her entire term as secretary.

Donald Trump and Republicans have targeted the foundation, charging that it served as a conduit for access to Clinton’s State Department. The goal of Salman’s 2009 visit with Secretary Clinton was wholly unrelated, according to the statement.