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Related: About this forumState Department official's lawyer repeatedly objects to questions on Clinton's email during deposit
State Department official's lawyer repeatedly objects to questions on Clinton's email during deposition
By Oliver Darcy - June 6 2016
A lawyer for a top State Department official repeatedly objected to questions about Hillary Clinton's private email address during a deposition earlier this month.
The transcript, released on Monday by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, documented June 3 testimony from Ambassador Stephen D. Mull. The ambassador previously served as executive secretary of the State Department during Clinton's tenure.
"When did you first become aware of Mrs. Clinton the email address Mrs. Clinton was using to conduct official government business?" asked Michael Bekesha, lawyer for Judicial Watch during the deposition.
"Objection," interjected Mull's lawyer, Steven Myers. "Value. It's vague, and it's ambiguous."
When informed by Bekesha that he could answer, Mull said it was a "difficult question to answer" because he wasn't sure he "ever really became aware" that Clinton was using a private email address for official government business....
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State Department official's lawyer repeatedly objects to questions on Clinton's email during deposit (Original Post)
think
Jun 2016
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winter is coming
(11,785 posts)1. What the hell sort of answer is that?
He's not sure he ever really became aware? Either he knew or he didn't. Given this guy's job, he damned well should have known.
think
(11,641 posts)2. It's filed under CYA......
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)3. That type of objection
Is standard practice at many depositions.