Post by Logan on Jan 22, 2016 19:45:08 GMT -6
State Dept. requests deadline extension for releasing Clinton emails
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department said Friday it cannot meet the Jan. 31 deadline to release 30,000 of former department chief Hillary Clinton's emails from a private server.
The department asked a federal judge Friday to extend the deadline to Feb. 29. According to the court filing, some of the delay is due to the winter storm expected to bear down on Washington, D.C., this weekend.
The monthly release of Clinton's emails stems from a Freedom of Information Act Request and are being archived on the State Department's website.
"[T]he Department asked the court for a one month extension, to February 29th, to finish our production of former Secretary Clinton's emails," State deputy spokesperson Mark Toner told Politico. "State Department staff have been working extremely hard to process these emails and we are committed to getting them out. The court's goal for this month's production represented the largest number of pages to date."
Continued at www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/01/22/State-Dept-requests-deadline-extension-for-releasing-Clinton-emails/9111453506371/?spt=hs&or=tn_us .
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department said Friday it cannot meet the Jan. 31 deadline to release 30,000 of former department chief Hillary Clinton's emails from a private server.
The department asked a federal judge Friday to extend the deadline to Feb. 29. According to the court filing, some of the delay is due to the winter storm expected to bear down on Washington, D.C., this weekend.
The monthly release of Clinton's emails stems from a Freedom of Information Act Request and are being archived on the State Department's website.
"[T]he Department asked the court for a one month extension, to February 29th, to finish our production of former Secretary Clinton's emails," State deputy spokesperson Mark Toner told Politico. "State Department staff have been working extremely hard to process these emails and we are committed to getting them out. The court's goal for this month's production represented the largest number of pages to date."
Continued at www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/01/22/State-Dept-requests-deadline-extension-for-releasing-Clinton-emails/9111453506371/?spt=hs&or=tn_us .