The Associated Press is suing for the release of Hillary Clinton’s emails

 Most of the people on the left seem to feel as if the revelation that Hillary Clinton set up a private server in her home, which was registered to some mystery man with ties to the Clintons, and used a private email account to conduct ALL State Department business is just another “phony scandal” and the latest example of the “vast right wing conspiracy” which has haunted her and her husband since the days of the Clinton Presidency.

  But whether they want to admit it or not this scandal is not going to go away any time soon and one press conference is not going to put this issue to bed. We are now learning that the Associated Press has filed a lawsuit seeking the release of the former first lady’s emails after five years of FOIA requests have gone unanswered.

  Here is more:

The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.

The legal action comes after repeated requests filed under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act have gone unfulfilled. They include one request AP made five years ago and others pending since the summer of 2013.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, comes a day after Clinton broke her silence about her use of a private email account while secretary of state. The FOIA requests and lawsuit seek materials related to her public and private calendars, correspondence involving longtime aides likely to play key roles in her expected campaign for president, and Clinton-related emails about the Osama bin Laden raid and National Security Agency surveillance practices.

  Here is part of a statement from the Associated Press:

“After careful deliberation and exhausting our other options, The Associated Press is taking the necessary legal steps to gain access to these important documents, which will shed light on actions by the State Department and former Secretary Clinton, a presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, during some of the most significant issues of our time,” said Karen Kaiser, AP’s general counsel.

Said AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll, “The Freedom of Information Act exists to give citizens a clear view of what government officials are doing on their behalf. When that view is denied, the next resort is the courts.”

  What difference at this point does it make? It looks as if this potential scandal could spill over into the 2016 campaign unless Hillary Clinton quickly responds to this request so maybe, just maybe, this will put an end to her Presidential aspirations. But I highly doubt it, the left will most likely rally around her, unless Elizabeth Warren can be convinced to enter the race. If that happens there is a real possibility the left will mobilize around their new hero and leave Mrs. Clinton to wonder how she managed to blow another shot at the White House. 

  I can dream, can’t I? Not that Elizabeth Warren would be an acceptable alternative to me…

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