Article Courtesy of TheBlaze, Written by Fred Lucas
What former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails say about the Clinton Foundation is among the matters the Republican National Committee is trying to find out about in filing four separate lawsuits against the State Department in order to obtain records through the Freedom of Information Act.
The RNC sought the information about the Democratic presidential front-runner via FOIA requests last September, but the State Department has not complied.
“Despite the State Department’s responsibility under the law to comply with FOIA requests in a timely way, our requests have gone unanswered for months,” RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement. For too long the State Department has been running interference for Hillary Clinton by blocking our requests, a stance which disregards the rights of voters asking questions in a presidential election year about how she conducted herself as Secretary of State,” Priebus continued. “These lawsuits are intended to expedite the release of records covered under FOIA that will allow Americans to hold Hillary Clinton accountable.” READ MORE
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