Judge scolds feds for slow-walking Clinton aide's emails

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The Hill:

A federal judge on Tuesday scolded Obama administration lawyers for dragging their feet in handing over documents from top aides to Hillary Clinton.

 

Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for The District of Columbia suggested that the State Department needs to divert resources to deal with the onslaught of lawsuits seeking to get a hold of emails from Clinton, Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills.

 

“There has to be some reallocation of resources. There has to be,” he told a pair of government lawyers. “Because these are atypical cases.”

 

The State Department, he added, is treating the demands as if “it’s business as usual.”

“This case is important to the public,” Sullivan added. “The public is clamoring for the information. Everybody is clamoring for the information.

“You have to find the resources.”

The case is one of dozens of lawsuits against the department that seek information that involves Clinton’s emails.

In the case, launched by conservative advocacy group Citizens United, government lawyers had attempted to delay the deadline for them to hand over documents until at least December.

Though even that was merely a “hope date,” Department of Justice Lawyer Caroline Anderson said.