The State Department says it did NOT withhold key email from the FOIA response, [View all]

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despite reports that have been spread around DU.

Normally, I wouldn't post a story from the Free Beacon, but they are the outlet that posted the original story that was then echoed elsewhere, and the State Department contacted them with a correction.

This was the original uncorrected story that was posted in Late Breaking News and has dozens of recs:'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1428582


This is the update from the State Department.

http://freebeacon.com/issues/watchdog-says-state-department-withheld-clinton-email-two-years/

Update 5:06 P.M.: A State Department official told the Free Beacon that the November 2014 date in the court filing was an administrative error. The State Department said it first received the document in June 2015, and disclosed the decision to withhold in July 2015. The department said it would be filing a correction.

“The State Department generally does not comment on matters in litigation,” said a State Department official. “Here, however, there is confusion arising from an administrative error in recent correspondence in which the Department said that the document in question was withheld in November 2014. That is incorrect. The complete facts surrounding this document are set forth in a public court filing from July 2015. As described in the attached filing, the Department received the document in June 2015 from members of former Secretary Clinton’s senior staff, and did not withhold it until that time. The Department regrets any confusion and will be sending corrected correspondence to Judicial Watch.”