Hillary Clinton Did Not Break Law In Deleting Emails, DOJ Says

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http://www.hngn.com/articles/128198/20150910/hillary-clinton-break-law-deleting-emails-doj.htm

Hillary Clinton Did Not Break Law In Deleting Emails, DOJ Says

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"There is no question that Secretary Clinton had authority to delete personal emails without agency supervision - she appropriately could have done so even if she were working on a government server," Department of Justice lawyers told a judge.



By Taylor Tyler | Sep 10, 2015 12:20 PM EDT

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"Under policies issued by both the National Archives and Records Administration ('NARA') and the State Department, individual officers and employees are permitted and expected to exercise judgment to determine what constitutes a federal record," Justice Department lawyers said. (Photo : Twitter Photo Section)

U.S. Justice Department lawyers told a federal court Wednesday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account was not against the law, nor was it illegal for her to unilaterally determine which messages were considered work-related and necessary to return to the State Department for record keeping.

"There is no question that Secretary Clinton had authority to delete personal emails without agency supervision - she appropriately could have done so even if she were working on a government server," the administration lawyers argued in what was the strongest legal defense yet of the nation's former top diplomat, according to The Washington Times. "Under policies issued by both the National Archives and Records Administration ('NARA') and the State Department, individual officers and employees are permitted and expected to exercise judgment to determine what constitutes a federal record."

The legal brief said it is up to employees to "review each message, identify its value and either delete it or move it to a record-keeping system."

The lawyers insisted they have no power or obligation to demand that Clinton hand over documents she has not already provided.

[CincyDem]

1. But but but...you know it's not the crime, it's the coverup.

I hope the R's choke on it.

[planetc]

5. We have moved on from "not the crime" to PR stupidity.

There is a whole set of ranked reservations and insults the media use when their initial charges blow away like smoke. We have the Clintons "stonewalling" if they don't turn over records as fast as their enemies want them to, or there aren't any records. So, they start out by stonewalling, but, if there's nothing either to talk about or to conceal, then they aren't handling the media correctly, or have "blamed the media." "Blaming the media" always looks like whining, even if the media are clearly entirely responsible for the accusation du jour. The "vast right wing conspiracy" is entirely real and well documented. What the media never consider is how much amplification they're giving the right wing conspirators, because if there's anything the matter at all, it's the Clintons' fault, not theirs. Nothing, but nothing, is ever the fault of the media, especially the NYTimes. Okay, that's a summary of the current state of play in the Great Game of Get the Clintons. I now return you to our regularly scheduled activities.

[Tommy2Tone]

10. So true but now just the R's..

I have seen a fair amount of D's and of course the NY Times and other rags have made it a quest to bring down Hillary.

[Cha]

23. It's Not the Reality- It's the M$M Manufactured Outrage Du Jour.. and anyone else who hops on their

Outrage wagon.

[Gothmog]

2. I have been struggling to figure out what law she broke

[randys1]

3. Was never in doubt or in question by anyone other than the GOP MSM that is bound and

determined to destroy her.

I think they are going to do it and I think we will get a con WH and Senate and House as a result and I hope I live long enough to see the death, destruction and chaos that will follow.

I want to see it, I want to say "I told you so" if there is a DU allowed to exist where I can say it.

But net neutrality will be a thing of the past so DU wont exist and if it does you wont be able to get a page to turn over.

[Thinkingabout]

4. With this information who is trustworthy? Sure isn't the RW push of Hillary

Breaking laws as Joe Scarborough claims, it must be Joe Scarborough who isn't trustworthy.

[riversedge]

6. NEVER trust morning-joe!

You know that--that I know.

[Thinkingabout]

7. He provides all the RW crap I can take. I just like to rub his face in it.

[FloridaBlues]

8. Hope to see this plastered on msm and NYT

[Gloria]

14. Seems like a Friday news dump and you know how THEY go...

disappear as if nothing came out.

But, I'm sure the campaign will now use it....as they should.

[riversedge]

15. Not many articles on this issue from yesterday--Washington Times is

cited a lot. Strange. After seeing the article announced on twitter I googled it but as I said, as of a few hours ago not much out there considered Hillary's email is on the news 24/7

[Tommy2Tone]

11. To another point

Being a Texan I sure miss Ann and love your profile pic.

[Thinkingabout]

13. She was a great lady and opened doors for others.

[Hortensis]

30. Well, that crew did get their faces rubbed in it last time and will again.

They just won't be so surprised this time.

[msrizzo]

9. Not to worry...

The usual suspects (Morning Joe, NYT, et al) will tell us shortly why this doesn't mean what we think it means. There's a law broken in there somewhere and they will not rest until they find it!

[msrizzo]

12. Here another story on this from PolitusUSA

I won't hold my breath for NBC, ABC, CNN, etc. to cover it.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/09/11/hillary-clinton-email-scandal-crumbles-justice-department-laws-broken.html

[riversedge]

16. Yes, that is the first place I saw it thought

it rather odd that not covered (barely--I found the OP via google) by major news outlets. I went looking cause I did not want to site Washington Times.

[DeepModem Mom]

19. SAME! I participated in a Twitter-storm of media shaming. We had only Wash Times, and much later...

BuzzFeed. Not enough! AP, more have it now. Haven't looked to see if shameful NYT folks are covering.

[riversedge]

21. I looked about an hour ago but did not see it in nytimes.

[Cha]

24. Good! Same thing with Benghazi..no there there. Just poor hapless beings tying to smear with it.

[riversedge]

17. McClatchy is finally covering this important story

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article34977387.html



National

September 11, 2015
Justice Department: Clinton had right to delete personal emails

Conservative group fights for preservation order from federal judge

Clinton followed an appropriate procedure, Justice Department lawyers argue

Do Clinton’s personal emails even still exist?
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Benghazi Committee whose investigation sparked the furor over Hillary Clinton’s emails, oversaw a closed interview with Friday with Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s former chief of staff.
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Benghazi Committee whose investigation sparked the furor over Hillary Clinton’s emails, oversaw a closed interview with Friday with Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s former chief of staff. HARRER BLOOMBERG NEWS

By Greg Gordon

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WASHINGTON

The Obama administration has forcefully defended former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s right to delete over 31,000 emails from her private server and says the State Department has no obligation to try to recover them.

“There is no question that former Secretary Clinton had authority to delete personal emails without agency supervision – she appropriately could have done so even if she were working on a government server,” lawyers for the Justice Department’s Civil Division wrote in a federal court brief that drew little notice when it was filed Wednesday.

But Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, one of a number of conservative-leaning groups suing over the emails, said Friday that the Justice Department “is out to lunch” because the emails on Clinton’s account effectively belonged to the government.

“This is jaw dropping,” he said.
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Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article34977387.html#storylink=cpy

[DeepModem Mom]

18. FINALLY, major media is covering this HUGE (Trump word) story! It took some Twitter...

media-site shaming, folks.

[Kath1]

20. Yes, it did.

The truth comes out. Finally.

Thanks to all the twitter-shamers!

[riversedge]

22. I am glad you participated. Good for you. I did not know it was going on.

[trueblue2007]

25. chris hayes on msnbc said there was hardly any reporting about this.

[Kath1]

26. Saw that, also

Disgraceful.

[riversedge]

27. All In with Chris Hayes 9/11/15 Justice Department: Clinton within law to delete emails

Here it is . short and sweet



http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/doj--clinton-within-law-to-delete-emails-524100163553?cid=sm_tw_msnbc


All In with Chris Hayes 9/11/15


Justice Department: Clinton within law to delete emails
Yesterday -- though practically no one in the media noticed, we got the best indication yet, from the Department of Justice, that Hillary Clinton did not violate the law when she deleted personal emails. Duration: 1:40

[riversedge]

28. tweet-->Justice Department: Hillary Clinton within law to delete emails:

great photo with it...


MSNBC ‏@MSNBC 2h2 hours ago

Justice Department: Hillary Clinton within law to delete emails: http://on.msnbc.com/1K287Aw (Getty)

[Kath1]

29. Obviously, she has done nothing wrong.

Didn't see that in the media today. What a shock.