In a filing in a federal court on Wednesday, the State Department said thirty emails dealing with the Benghazi attacks that were uncovered by the FBI during its investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server are mainly copies of emails that have already been made public.
"State has determined that there is one responsive record that is not a duplicate of the documents provided by former Secretary Clinton," read a submission from State Department lawyers, in a lawsuit brought by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch.
Credit: Jamie Dupree
Credit: Jamie Dupree
The Associated Press reported the one missing email that had not been turned over by Clinton originally - was a note of congratulations from the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil on Clinton's testimony about the attack before a Senate panel.
It had been sent to a top aide of Clinton, and then forwarded by various people to her - at the top of the email chain, Clinton had responded with the now familiar "pls print."
Credit: Jamie Dupree
Credit: Jamie Dupree
It wasn't clear when the other emails would be made public by the State Department, and Judicial Watch also is making clear it wants to see all thirty of the emails, no matter what the explanation is of the State Department.
Credit: Jamie Dupree
Credit: Jamie Dupree
Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said on Twitter that it showed nothing new.
The legal fight over these emails regarding Benghazi is part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch; the judge in that case ordered the release of newly discovered emails by the FBI starting on September 30.
Meanwhile, in a separate legal filing in another email case brought by Larry Kawa, an orthodontist in Florida, the State Department said it found nothing in the FBI emails related to Benghazi.
Credit: Jamie Dupree
Credit: Jamie Dupree
As for the reaction from Judicial Watch, it took the watchdog group a number of hours to issue a statement about the Clinton emails, as the group took a hard line against the former Secretary of State.
"These new Benghazi-Clinton emails prove that Hillary or her lawyers deleted material which proved to be responsive to federal court orders and congressional subpoenas,” said Tom Fitton, the head of Judicial Watch.
"Clinton’s email cover-up scheme is as plain as day," Fitton added.
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