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| Hillary Clinton emails to be released by State Department – live updates | Hillary Clinton emails to be released by State Department – live updates |
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| 9.19pm ET02:19 | |
| More intriguingly, it turns out that then White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was aware of Clinton’s private email server, as was John Podesta (a sometime Obama aide and current chairman of her presidential campaign) and David Axelrod, a former strategist for Obama. | |
| Time’s Zeke Miller is chasing down those who knew about the controversial private email setup. | |
| .@HillaryClinton also consented to WH Chief of Staff @RahmEmanuel having her private email pic.twitter.com/LlZ7L1zAiy | |
| 9.16pm ET02:16 | |
| Clinton was concerned about celebrating Cinco de Mayo in 2009, turns out. She emailed an aide to ask whatever happened to their plans (Page 54, “Cinco de Mayo”). | |
| Aide Huma Abedin explains: “Ann Manes team brainstormed on ideas for a day long session and celebration but didn’t materialize. We looked into doing something else last week but given the swine flu outbreak, most people were either canceling or toning down things.” | |
| Dan meanwhile finds iced tea. | |
| 5 emails in, favourite so far just has this in subject line and nothing else: "Pls call Sarah and ask her if she can get me some iced tea" | |
| 9.12pm ET02:12 | |
| The emails span from 29 May 2009 to 7 October 2009, and an early look of them suggests that many are correspondence with aides, such as Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills, about setting up correspondence with other people: then UN ambassador Susan Rice “says she needs to talk to you” , Tony Blair a few days later, David Axelrod “wants your email - remind me to discuss with you if i forget.” | |
| 9.03pm ET02:03 | |
| Emails released | |
| The State Department has released the cache of emails, 97 pages of 1,900 pages of emails, which you can read here. | |
| DC bureau chief Dan Roberts (@robertsdan) and I will be looking through the emails, and we’ll file in reports of what’s found in the tranche. | |
| Updated at 9.16pm ET | |
| 8.54pm ET01:54 | |
| In what is surely, undoubtedly a coincidence, Clinton’s Republican rival Jeb bush has released 33 years of tax returns, revealing $20m in income in the past three years. | |
| You can check out the returns over at Bush’s website, or save yourself a few minutes of scrolling through PDFs and campaign fluff and read a report of what’s in the returns by my colleague Tom McCarthy. | |
| NPR even made a graph. | |
| Bush's $ skyrocketed after governorship adj for inflation by @titonka story by @JessicaTaylor http://t.co/q0fDYKTYzb pic.twitter.com/kVQzTt7xvV | |
| And Bush even says he’ll personally field your questions, so let your curiosity fly. | |
| If you have questions about my tax returns, email me directly – Jeb@Jeb2016.com http://t.co/rh81Nh8m0s | |
| 8.43pm ET01:43 | 8.43pm ET01:43 |
| What might lie within the 3,000-some emails about to be released? No one quite knows, although Republicans will be searching for any hint of activity related to the 2012 Benghazi attacks or any whiff of wrongdoing with regard to the Clinton Foundation. | What might lie within the 3,000-some emails about to be released? No one quite knows, although Republicans will be searching for any hint of activity related to the 2012 Benghazi attacks or any whiff of wrongdoing with regard to the Clinton Foundation. |
| Investigations into the Benghazi attacks, which killed four people in two assaults in the Libyan city, have dragged on for years and brought Clinton before Congress to answer questions. Republicans have sought to use the Obama administration’s handling of the crisis to undermine the president and Clinton’s credibility, despite conclusions by the Republican-led House intelligence committee, which cleared officials of any misdeeds. | Investigations into the Benghazi attacks, which killed four people in two assaults in the Libyan city, have dragged on for years and brought Clinton before Congress to answer questions. Republicans have sought to use the Obama administration’s handling of the crisis to undermine the president and Clinton’s credibility, despite conclusions by the Republican-led House intelligence committee, which cleared officials of any misdeeds. |
| In the chaotic aftermath of the attack, then ambassador to the UN Susan Rice incorrectly said that the assault had spun out violently from a protest, but the committee determined that mistaken intelligence was responsible for the story, and that Rice had not intentionally misled anyone. | In the chaotic aftermath of the attack, then ambassador to the UN Susan Rice incorrectly said that the assault had spun out violently from a protest, but the committee determined that mistaken intelligence was responsible for the story, and that Rice had not intentionally misled anyone. |
| Republicans have accused Clinton of possible incompetence and obfuscation during her tenure, but lost impetus in the absence of evidence. After the State Department released its first cache of emails, they seized on her ties to Sidney Blumenthal, a former aide to Clinton’s husband who sent her intelligence reports about Libya. Clinton has said the emails were “unsolicited”. | Republicans have accused Clinton of possible incompetence and obfuscation during her tenure, but lost impetus in the absence of evidence. After the State Department released its first cache of emails, they seized on her ties to Sidney Blumenthal, a former aide to Clinton’s husband who sent her intelligence reports about Libya. Clinton has said the emails were “unsolicited”. |
| Blumenthal gave one of the investigatory committees his own emails about Libya, which alerted its members to the discrepancy between his records versus those now in the State Department database. | Blumenthal gave one of the investigatory committees his own emails about Libya, which alerted its members to the discrepancy between his records versus those now in the State Department database. |
| Republicans will also be keen to find emails about the Clinton Foundation, which promised to clear its foreign donations with the Obama administration while Clinton served. But the charity’s health program has not disclosed its complete list of donors since 2010, and the foundation was found to have violated its ethics agreement by accepting $500,000 from Algeria without approval. | Republicans will also be keen to find emails about the Clinton Foundation, which promised to clear its foreign donations with the Obama administration while Clinton served. But the charity’s health program has not disclosed its complete list of donors since 2010, and the foundation was found to have violated its ethics agreement by accepting $500,000 from Algeria without approval. |
| Updated at 8.43pm ET | Updated at 8.43pm ET |
| 8.30pm ET01:30 | 8.30pm ET01:30 |
| Hello and welcome to our coverage of the release of Hillary Clinton’s emails from her time as secretary of state, a tenure marked by her controversial handling of the 2012 Benghazi attacks, the administration’s wavering response to war in Syria, and Clinton’s exclusive use of a private server for government duties. | Hello and welcome to our coverage of the release of Hillary Clinton’s emails from her time as secretary of state, a tenure marked by her controversial handling of the 2012 Benghazi attacks, the administration’s wavering response to war in Syria, and Clinton’s exclusive use of a private server for government duties. |
| Clinton gave more than 55,000 pages of emails to the State Department when it requested them earlier this year, but also deleted almost 32,000 pages that her lawyers deemed ‘private’ and unrelated to government work. Last week the State Department said that it could not find an additional 15 Libya-related emails. | Clinton gave more than 55,000 pages of emails to the State Department when it requested them earlier this year, but also deleted almost 32,000 pages that her lawyers deemed ‘private’ and unrelated to government work. Last week the State Department said that it could not find an additional 15 Libya-related emails. |
| Republicans have hounded Clinton and the State Department for release of the emails, particularly any that might pertain to the Benghazi attack, which killed four. Members of an investigative committee have accused Clinton of endangering national security by her use of a private server, and have asked her about possible conflict of interests regarding her family’s philanthropic foundation. | Republicans have hounded Clinton and the State Department for release of the emails, particularly any that might pertain to the Benghazi attack, which killed four. Members of an investigative committee have accused Clinton of endangering national security by her use of a private server, and have asked her about possible conflict of interests regarding her family’s philanthropic foundation. |
| In May, the State Department released a first tranche of 847 emails, which revealed Clinton’s ties to an independent advisor, Sidney Blumenthal, who had been specifically barred from working for the department by the Obama administration. | In May, the State Department released a first tranche of 847 emails, which revealed Clinton’s ties to an independent advisor, Sidney Blumenthal, who had been specifically barred from working for the department by the Obama administration. |
| Clinton has said “I want those emails out. Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than I do.” She has declined to delve into emails were vetted, describing them only as “private, personal messages” regarding such things as her daughter’s wedding, her mother’s funeral, “vacations, yoga routines, and other items one would typically find in their own email account”. | Clinton has said “I want those emails out. Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than I do.” She has declined to delve into emails were vetted, describing them only as “private, personal messages” regarding such things as her daughter’s wedding, her mother’s funeral, “vacations, yoga routines, and other items one would typically find in their own email account”. |