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FOIA News: D.C. Circuit rejects bid to depose Hillary Clinton

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Appeals court blocks Hillary Clinton deposition on private email server

By Harper Neidig, The Hill, Aug. 14, 2020

A federal appeals court on Friday blocked a judge's order that Hillary Clinton be deposed as part of a conservative group's lawsuit for records related to the private email server she used while serving as secretary of State.

A three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by the conservative group Judicial Watch did not merit the level of legal inquiry that would require Clinton to sit for a deposition.

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