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A federal judge has rejected a request to force Hillary Clinton to submit to a sworn deposition in a suit related to her private email server, ruling instead that she must respond in writing to questions about the issue.
U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan said the conservative group Judicial Watch had not demonstrated that an in-person deposition of Clinton was necessary to attempt to clarify whether the former secretary of state set up the system in order to avoid complying with the Freedom of Information Act.
The ruling makes it far less likely that Clinton will face the potentially politically damaging step of having to leave the presidential campaign trail in the coming months to allow some of her harshest critics to question her under oath about her controversial email set-up.
Technically, it is still possible one of several other judges considering similar cases could issue such an order, but the clock may run out soon on efforts to force such an appearance in advance of the November election.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/judge-wont-order-deposition-of-clinton-in-email-suit-227214
U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan said the conservative group Judicial Watch had not demonstrated that an in-person deposition of Clinton was necessary to attempt to clarify whether the former secretary of state set up the system in order to avoid complying with the Freedom of Information Act.
The ruling makes it far less likely that Clinton will face the potentially politically damaging step of having to leave the presidential campaign trail in the coming months to allow some of her harshest critics to question her under oath about her controversial email set-up.
Technically, it is still possible one of several other judges considering similar cases could issue such an order, but the clock may run out soon on efforts to force such an appearance in advance of the November election.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/judge-wont-order-deposition-of-clinton-in-email-suit-227214
