Clinton's unexpected new ally in the email investigation: President Trump
By Dana Milbank Opinion writer March 13 at 5:40 PM
After the “lock her up” campaign of 2016, President Trump’s administration has an unexpected message for those still investigating Hillary Clinton’s emails: Shut it down.
Trump made clear after the election that he had no appetite to go after Clinton legally, and on Monday his administration went further: His Justice Department went to court to fight those still going after Clinton.
Two conservative legal groups were in federal court in Washington on Monday morning to compel the release of more Clinton emails. And the Trump administration was on the other side.
“It is moot,” said Justice Department lawyer Carol Federighi, telling Judge James E. Boasberg of the administration’s plan to oppose requests for “discovery” by the two legal groups, Judicial Watch and Cause of Action. “Our principal argument is going to be mootness based on all the developments that have happened since the case was filed.”
Federighi was talking about legal mootness: It’s hard to claim that the government hasn’t been forthcoming when 55,000 pages of the former secretary of state’s emails have been made public and the FBI has completed an exhaustive investigation.
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The American voters want to know.
Hillary Clinton's emails have been a dead end since the very beginning.
The GOP knows it too. FBI Director Comey should have been fired.
