Judge Orders Interrogatory Of Clinton In FOIA Suit Involving Private Email Use

Mealey's (August 22, 2016, 2:19 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Aug. 19 found that a public interest group sufficiently demonstrated that former Secretary of State (SOS) Hillary Clinton has unique firsthand knowledge as to the creation and use of the private email server clintonemail.com to justify the presidential candidate’s deposition in a lawsuit over the group’s 2013 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on the U.S. Department of State. However, citing the “apex doctrine,” the judge ruled that the deposition would occur via written interrogatories (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of State, No. 1:13-cv-01363, D. D.C.)....