{"id":323874,"date":"2017-08-30T18:10:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/fbi-says-lack-of-public-interest-in-hillary-emails-justifies-withholding-documents\/"},"modified":"2017-08-30T18:10:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:10:31","slug":"fbi-says-lack-of-public-interest-in-hillary-emails-justifies-withholding-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/fbi-says-lack-of-public-interest-in-hillary-emails-justifies-withholding-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI says lack of public interest in Hillary emails justifies withholding documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/aug\/29\/fbi-lack-public-interest-emails-justifies-withhold\/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=socialnetwork\"><strong>Washington Times<\/strong><\/a><br \/>August 30, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hillary Clinton\u2019s case isn\u2019t interesting enough to the public to justify releasing the\u00a0FBI\u2019s files on her, the bureau said this week in rejecting an open-records request by a lawyer seeking to have the former secretary of state punished for perjury.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ty Clevenger\u00a0has been trying to get\u00a0Mrs. Clinton\u00a0and her personal attorneys disbarred for their handling of her official emails during her time as secretary of state. He\u2019s met with resistance among lawyers, and now his request for information from the\u00a0FBI\u2019s files has been shot down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have not sufficiently demonstrated that the public\u2019s interest in disclosure outweighs personal privacy interests of the subject,\u201d\u00a0FBI\u00a0records management section chief\u00a0David M. Hardy\u00a0told\u00a0Mr. Clevenger\u00a0in a letter Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is incumbent upon the requester to provide documentation regarding the public\u2019s interest in the operations and activities of the government before records can be processed pursuant to the FOIA,\u201d\u00a0Mr. Hardy\u00a0wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Clinton, is the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, former chief diplomat, former U.S. senator, and former first lady of both the U.S. and Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/aug\/29\/fbi-lack-public-interest-emails-justifies-withhold\/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=socialnetwork\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2017  at  8:51 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/fbi-says-lack-of-public-interest-in-hillary-emails-justifies-withholding-documents.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p>        <!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n --><\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/fbi-says-lack-of-public-interest-in-hillary-emails-justifies-withholding-documents.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington TimesAugust 30, 2017 Hillary Clinton\u2019s case isn\u2019t interesting enough to the public to justify releasing the\u00a0FBI\u2019s files on her, the bureau said this week in rejecting an open-records request by a lawyer seeking to have the former secretary of state punished for perjury. 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