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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 08:43 PM Oct 2017

Trump wants State Department to release remaining Clinton emails

Source: CNN




By Gloria Borger, Evan Perez and Marshall Cohen, CNN

Updated 7:35 PM ET, Fri October 27, 2017

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has made it clear to the State Department that he wants to accelerate the release of any remaining Hillary Clinton emails in its possession as soon as possible, according to three sources familiar with the President's thinking.

This latest move for disclosure from the State Department comes at the same time the President called upon the Justice Department to lift a gag order on a key FBI informant in an investigation into Russian efforts to gain influence in the US uranium industry during the Obama administration.

The sources described the President's interest in the release of the emails -- and the testimony of the FBI informant -- as rooted in a commitment to "transparency," with one source adding that "the law requires cooperation with Congress and the courts."

After the initial publication of this story, one White House official confirmed the President expressed interest in the release of the Clinton emails, and later -- in a conversation with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson -- learned of the vast backlog of more than 13,000 outstanding FOIA cases. Those cases involve not just Clinton's emails but a multitude of topics -- some going back almost a decade. Trump then asked Tillerson to work to clear the backlog.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politics/trump-state-department-clinton-emails/index.html

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Trump wants State Department to release remaining Clinton emails (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP
Sounds desperate Iliyah Oct 2017 #1
and I'd like to see your tax return They_Live Oct 2017 #2
You beat me to it! BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #12
And me! SCVDem Oct 2017 #17
damn...more yoga? Sancho Oct 2017 #3
More Italian recipes from Podesta TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #7
That, I wouldnt mind jmowreader Oct 2017 #34
I smell fear. JDC Oct 2017 #4
Smoke Screen. democratisphere Oct 2017 #5
But he can't release all the JFK files as required by law. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2017 #6
Right.... SergeStorms Oct 2017 #26
He knows these upcoming indictments are going to cover the news bearsfootball516 Oct 2017 #8
And now that the first indictments are coming down ... DK504 Oct 2017 #9
The American people want to see trumps tax returns onecaliberal Oct 2017 #10
It's possible.... SergeStorms Oct 2017 #27
Fuck this POS BootinUp Oct 2017 #11
good luck w/that Botany Oct 2017 #13
Most investigated person in American history. Never indicted. Hmmmm. unblock Oct 2017 #14
I'd like to know.... SergeStorms Oct 2017 #28
I believe it is around $100 million. louis-t Oct 2017 #35
Thanks for that. SergeStorms Oct 2017 #36
does release means that someone has to do some work? Marthe48 Oct 2017 #15
So What? videohead5 Oct 2017 #16
I really don't want to hear shit about emails from this putz jmowreader Oct 2017 #18
Oh, but..... SergeStorms Oct 2017 #29
But Hillary had classified info videohead5 Oct 2017 #19
You missed one jmowreader Oct 2017 #31
Yeah videohead5 Oct 2017 #32
Of course he does nini Oct 2017 #20
Sure, the day after you clowns get the Sanctions Office working again. Hugin Oct 2017 #21
Just another red herring from the Tramp regime to distract meow2u3 Oct 2017 #22
Look over there instead!!!! xor Oct 2017 #24
I am willing to bet that Donald already had people look into the emails and knows nothing is in them cstanleytech Oct 2017 #23
Anything to take the attention away from his administration's indictments and corruption. George II Oct 2017 #25
Why doesn't he get them from Putin, like last time? SunSeeker Oct 2017 #30
He's longing for the days when Hillary was being investigated. C Moon Oct 2017 #33

TexasBushwhacker

(20,174 posts)
7. More Italian recipes from Podesta
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 08:53 PM
Oct 2017

"Still, Podesta (who is on record as being a skilled operator in the kitchen) patiently schooled Huffman on this most basic principle of risotto cooking ([sic] throughout):

"Yes it with absorb the liquid, but no that's not what you want to do. The slower add process and stirring causes the rice to give up it's starch which gives the risotto it's creamy consistency."

www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/john-podesta-risotto-tips-article/amp

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
34. That, I wouldnt mind
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 01:23 PM
Oct 2017

“John Podesta’s Italian Cooking” would be a popular book. Every Democrat would buy one.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
26. Right....
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 12:19 AM
Oct 2017

no time for that, but he'll make the full resources of the Federal Government available to get Hillary's emails out ASAP.

I love the smell of desperation in the morning.......it smells............like VICTORY.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
8. He knows these upcoming indictments are going to cover the news
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 08:54 PM
Oct 2017

And he's trying to do anything at all to get them out.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
9. And now that the first indictments are coming down ...
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:04 PM
Oct 2017

I'd like to see how many people actually listen to him.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
27. It's possible....
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 12:22 AM
Oct 2017

depending upon what Mueller finds in them, if anything. What am I talking about, "if anything". We all KNOW Trump is as dishonest as the day is long.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
28. I'd like to know....
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 12:25 AM
Oct 2017

how much of the taxpayer's money the GOP has wasted investigating the Clintons over the years. And all they ever found was a stain on a blue dress. Disgusting!

louis-t

(23,292 posts)
35. I believe it is around $100 million.
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 02:52 PM
Oct 2017

$70 million was spent by Ken Starr and Newt Gingrich house while Clinton was president. Plus however much they have spent on Benghazi and 'emails'.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
36. Thanks for that.
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 02:51 AM
Oct 2017

It's probably more, but let's call it an even $100 million. Do you realize how many golf carts that would pay for at Trump's resorts? Pretty close to $100 million worth is my guess. Why waste money on investigations that never bear any fruit? The GOP does like to waste money on stuff like that, but not on education or healthcare. They think money spent on those things is a waste. Assholes!

Marthe48

(16,935 posts)
15. does release means that someone has to do some work?
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:29 PM
Oct 2017

Such as the work the a**holes didn't do to release JKF papers on time?
dotard should wish in one hand and sh*t in the other and see what he gets more of.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
18. I really don't want to hear shit about emails from this putz
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:08 PM
Oct 2017

General Secretary Donald Ivan Frederichovich Trump's whole family is using private e-mail for official business. Let's see THOSE e-mails.

SergeStorms

(19,193 posts)
29. Oh, but.....
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 12:32 AM
Oct 2017

hearing "Hillary" and "emails" is red meat for his brain-dead supporters. They get all squishy when they hear the name 'Clinton' and won't pay any attention to what every media outlet, save FOX, will be reporting for the next few days. They'll all be in their 'Clinton' blood rage, and black out for a week or so. So powerful is the name "Clinton' on their pitiful psyches.

videohead5

(2,172 posts)
19. But Hillary had classified info
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:28 PM
Oct 2017

On her server!...yeah and Trump gave the Russians classified information in the oval office.Hillary server was never hacked.not one e-mail has shown up from any hacker.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
31. You missed one
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 05:25 AM
Oct 2017

When the North Koreans launched a missile while Trump was wining and dining Japanese Prime Minister Abe at Mar-a-Lago fairly early in the current unpleasantness, and they had a top secret conversation in a packed dining room.

videohead5

(2,172 posts)
32. Yeah
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 05:47 AM
Oct 2017

I had forgotten about that but you just triggered me remembering something else I had forgot about...

When Donald Trump chatted with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, it was unsettling enough that the American leader started their conversation with unprompted praise for Duterte’s extra-judicial killings. But we now know that Trump also decided to tell Duterte that the United States dispatched two nuclear submarines, which are off the coast of the Korean peninsula.also classified information.

cstanleytech

(26,281 posts)
23. I am willing to bet that Donald already had people look into the emails and knows nothing is in them
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 11:42 PM
Oct 2017

but rather this an attempt to get his base to sing his praises because lets face it Donald is vain as hell and wants people to say how great he is.

C Moon

(12,212 posts)
33. He's longing for the days when Hillary was being investigated.
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 01:15 PM
Oct 2017

This investigation is eating at him.

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