BREAKING: HILLARY AIDE REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT EMAIL

[Halliburton]

Mills recalls thinking she'd return to NYU when Clinton, the incoming secretary of state, asked her to serve as chief of staff, something the former White House lawyer said she couldn't refuse.

At State, Mills was both chief of staff and also a counsel to Clinton, but a policy wonk, not the secretary of state's legal representation.

It wasn't until after the State Department, that Clinton made Mills her lawyer.

And according to her testimony, that's when she found out about her boss' secret server.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3618771/That-s-convenient-Clinton-s-chief-staff-quizzed-secret-email-server-t-answer-question-question-Hillary-s-lawyer.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[wendylaroux]

1. If true,this is a holy shit moment.

[anotherproletariat]

36. You mean like, "Holy Shit...we're blowing this way of proportion?" nt

[wendylaroux]

50. I don't think so anymore.

[Sheepshank]

54. And in F'ING CAPS!!!! That proves that this is series

[MattP]

2. Lawyer client privilege is now some reason to go into shock

[gordianot]

7. Ask John Dean.

[Ash_F]

3. Has the Daily Mail been a pro-Clinton outfit?

Or am I thinking Daily Beast?

[geek tragedy]

5. rightwing UK tabloid nt

[JonLeibowitz]

6. Daily Beast is the one.

[emulatorloo]

11. Daily Mail leans right

In this article they also cite Daily Caller (Tucker Carlson Right wing) and Washington Times (Reverend Moon right wing) in that article, so that gives you an idea about what waters they swim in.

Doesn't mean the article inaccurate though. However please note this is not a govt deposition. This is the JudicialWatch.org case.

[barrow-wight]

27. The Daily Mail not only leans right. It is also a seedy and sensationalist tabloid.

It's pretty much only exceeded by the Sun.

[emulatorloo]

28. You'll get no arguments from me

[barrow-wight]

29. I just don't know how that qualifies as news.

I do support Hillary, but if I didn't, I could find plenty of news sources to back up my feelings without ever turning to a fish wrapper like the Daily Mail.

[emulatorloo]

37. Better source and story here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512097833#post1

[barrow-wight]

39. Yeah.

Let's all cheer for Judicial Watch, eh?

[grasswire]

51. yes, but the case is supervised by a federal judge appointed by Clinton.

Emmet Sullivan.

[emulatorloo]

52. Of course. I am answering Amy's question about whether Daily Mail was pro-Clinton

[berni_mccoy]

4. Mills has no grounds to claim Attorney Client Privilege

[JonLeibowitz]

9. Why not? I admit it looks very convenient for her, but if she was the attorney then it should be ok

I admit I don't know much about this, not a lawyer

[berni_mccoy]

15. Crime-fraud exception

If Mills has the potential to be involved, she can't be Hillary's attorney. Period.

[4139]

12. Mill became one of Hillary's attorneys after hillary left the state dept...

Mills supposed to testify about stuff awhile at State but can refuse to testify about stuff after she becom Hillary's attorney

[berni_mccoy]

16. Mills is likely involved in the cover up. Crime-fraud exception.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-crime-fraud-exception-the-attorney-client-privilege.html

[4139]

20. She did refuse to be interview by State's IG = guilty

[annavictorious]

21. Cover up of what?

Amazing how many people with computers fancy themselves lawyers.

This is a CIVIL suit. Right wing group Judicial Watch is suing the State Department for the release of emails under FOIA.

[Cicada]

31. What is the crime?

Did Hillary fail to make hard copies? Did she use file folders with only three tabs on the side instead of five tabs? If this is a serious matter how come no one can say what Hillary did that actually matters? I understand that some things matter - I get that wearing white before Memorial Day deserves the chair - but 3 tabs instead of 5 or whatever Hillary may have done - who really cares?

[Sheepshank]

18. I don't think that's a rule

Attorneys do not testify of their clients actions, regardless of the timeline...period.

[grasswire]

56. co conspirators cannot claim atty client privilege.

In the transcript, it is very interesting that she shifts from representing HRC to not representing her, over and over and over.

But the remedy for them claiming privilege is just to investigate both of them as co conspirators.

[onenote]

65. And your expertise in this area is based on what?

That's a pretty definitive statement about an area of law over which there is often considerable disagreement.

[seabeyond]

8. Good.

[Historic NY]

10. Its not ecven a goverment deposition....

its the assholes from Judicial Watch that upstanding stalwart of defending conservatives.

[annavictorious]

23. I know.

They all sound like Sean Hannity at this point.

What's really sad is that they insist they're progressives.

[Jarqui]

13. This is really starting to stink bad ... nt

[SFnomad]

19. Yeah, but the BS cheerleaders are going to put up sewage OP after sewage OP, until the 16th n/t

[AzDar]

45. Sewage is EXACTLY what the $Hillary Campaign has been SPEWING...Lie after Lie after LIE.

[SFnomad]

46. Just more sour grapes ... maybe your candidate should have been better prepared instead of making

excuses and lawsuits at every turn.

[AzDar]

47. Yes, because BERNIE caused Hillary to set up an unsecure, possibly ILLEGAL server and LIE about it.

I have a feeling she's headed for the Big House, not the White House...

[SFnomad]

48. I can't wait until this place won't sound like Free Republic, Red State, etc. any more n/t

[AzDar]

57. Truth hurts... Gotta be tough though : defending the indefensible.

[SFnomad]

60. I don't much hear of the truth coming from BS cheerleaders around here

Mostly, it is just the lashings out from bitter sore losers, people willing to #BernTheHouseDown if their candidate doesn't win.

[annavictorious]

24. I agree

There is nothing quite so rotten as the stink left behind by Judicial Watch and its allies.

This is the same right wing group that's been suing Obama for the past eight years over his troubling annual two week vacations with his family.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/obama-accountability-project/

http://www.judicialwatch.org/?s=obama

[Jarqui]

33. I've followed this some and I'm not ready to shoot the messenger this time

This isn't a David Brock smear job. This is a court. Judge Sullivan seems like a reasonable judge.

Given Judicial Watch is right leaning and biased that way - we have to bear that in mind.

But if you've followed the case, they've made their arguments based on evidence and legal reasoning. Judge Sullivan is not the only judge to see that this issue looks like bad faith and something smelly going on and allowing depositions (unusual in FOIA cases).

We have the media reviewing the IG of the State Department report that adds to the list of lies Hillary has told about this. Judicial Watch didn't utter those lies or put a server with classified material in their house.

Why is Hillary lying so much about this?

Hillary's server guy cuts an immunity deal .. for a little "mistake"?

Cheryl Mills, a lawyer for Hillary Clinton (who is also a lawyer) had five other lawyers defending her when she was deposed and avoided answering a bunch of their questions. Hillary avoided answering the IG's questions unlike what she promised in the media. Doesn't that strike you as a little mind boggling for a little "mistake" as Hillary has claimed?

The Inspector General for the Intelligence Community has yet to report after looking at this for a year.

The FBI have been at this for close to a year. Why that long for a little "mistake"?

Sorry folks. Shooting the messenger Judicial Watch on this one doesn't cut the mustard. There is something going on here - more than Hillary has told us. Hillary has always lied for a reason. This time is no different. They just haven't nailed down why she's lying yet. Maybe like Watergate, they're following the money ... to the Clinton Foundation. Whatever.

Something here stinks and the media, judges, inspector generals and FBI seem to know it.

[Ash_F]

14. Interesting. I wonder if that is why she became Clinton's lawyer.

[onenote]

66. Maybe you should read the transcript if you want to know something

instead of engaging in uninformed speculation.

[senz]

17. K&R for the people's right to know.

[Waiting For Everyman]

22. That is surprising!

How could her Chief of Staff at State not know about it?

That seems very fishy.

[Mnpaul]

49. She has no ideal where the email thingy came from

it just popped up one day and she began using it but no one could be found that knew Hillary's email address.

[Downwinder]

25. She sent over 300 emails, did she never see the address?

[trudyco]

44. Exactly /nt

[onecaliberal]

26. So she didn't notice the address she was emailing didn't have a .gov at the end...

[Barack_America]

30. And when the server was down after Sandy? Chief of staff not involved?

We know for a fact she was involved in the blackberry inquiries.

Her ignorance of the server is really not believable.

[onecaliberal]

35. Nothing her or her aides or surrogates say is believable IMO.

Serial liars.

[Barack_America]

38. Perjurers now.

Does that count as a title bump?

Well done to them, I guess.

[onecaliberal]

43. It's just beyond the pale.

[grasswire]

58. They've gone Full Nixon.

Especially now with HRC atty advising her she doesn't need to cooperate with FBI.

[Tarc]

32. My meter doesn't seem to be registering...

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[senz]

34. Move along everybody. Nothing to see here.

Don't look too closely at Hillary. Just don't.

[Tarc]

41. The voters have been looking for many months now

Psst...

They chose her.

[senz]

42. Oh is that why her approval numbers are so low & unlikeabilty so high?

[Tarc]

59. Wow, that's terrible news, since opinion polls determine election winn...

...oh, wait. They don't.

3.023,373 votes, 270 pledged delegates.

[senz]

61. The MSM, the corrupt corporate media that adores Hill

had a news blackout on Bernie from the start. So early on, before people knew about Bernie, Hill was considered the only Democrat running and she racked up votes in states where her voters relied on the MSM. When people don't have enough information, they make lousy decisions.

But the non MSM media -- social media, twitter, internet, email -- is far more open to sharing the truth and that's how people learned about Bernie -- so they showed up by the tens of thousands for his rallies, and from then on Bernie has given Hillary a run for her (considerable) money.

Hillary and Trump got to where they are from the MSM. For all the publicity, they are both so awful that they are the two most disliked front runners in U.S. history. Hillary is not only disliked, she is considered untrustworthy.

That's your candidate, Tarc.

[Tarc]

64. Oh, you're complaining about a news blackout now?

When before y'all were complaining that the media is too critical of Sanders?

Time to get your stories straight.

[sibelian]

67. We wouldn't expect it to, dear.

It probably isn't connected to anything.

[Tarc]

68. 3023373 votes, 270 pledged delegates. "Dear".

I'm connected to a majority of the electorate.

[sibelian]

69. Is that one of those cannabis cigarettes I see you smoking?

...that's apt.

[Tarc]

70. I don't think I've smoked since college, so, 2002 or so.

You?

[barrow-wight]

40. When Judicial Watch becomes the heroes of the Bernie movement ...

... You know we've gone over the edge.

[CorkySt.Clair]

53. We're a long way from the little birdie thing aren't we?

[uponit7771]

55. so what? tia

[okasha]

62. This BROKE weeks ago.

Desperation's showing.

[winter is coming]

63. No. Weeks ago, Mills was dodging the FBI's questions.

This is from a deposition taken late last week, for the FOIA case.