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Clinton schedules will not be released completely before Election Day, despite federal judge order


Big News Network.com
27 Aug 2016

WASHINGTON, U.S. - The government has revealed that it will not finish releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily schedules, showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her tenure as Secretary of State, by Election Day in November.

According to reports, on the behest of a federal judge, the department has released only half of the schedules so far, and expects to release the last of them around December 30.

Estimates indicate that there are 2,700 ages of schedules left, after the order that came seven months ago.

A process must then be followed to review and censor the schedules page-by-page to remove personal details, and in some cases, names of people who met privately with Clinton or the subjects they discussed.

The news comes after reports claimed that more than half the people Clinton met with outside of the government had, in some manner, given money to the Clinton Foundation - a claim that Clinton denies.

She claimed that she met with such people regardless of whether or not they made a donation, and added. “These are people I would be proud to meet with, as any secretary of state would have been proud to meet with, to hear about their work and their insights.”

State Department spokesperson Elizabeth Trudeau declined to discuss the case, but said that the agency was already struggling with thousands of public records requests.

She added, “We must assess our ability to respond to each FOIA request against our commitments in a large number of other FOIAs - many of which also relate to former Secretary Clinton.”

Republicans expressed outrage over the announcement, and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said, “Hillary Clinton needs to end the stonewalling and either call for their release or release them herself.”

He added, “Failure to exercise transparency will just further prove she isn't concerned with telling voters the truth about her unethical behaviour, a pattern that will continue if she is elected president.”

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s spokesperson Jason Miller said, “Voters deserve to know the truth before they cast their ballots, but once again the rigged system is rushing to protect Hillary Clinton. Instead of counting on her friends in the Obama administration to shield her from accountability, Hillary Clinton should demand that these public records be released before voting begins.”

Social media reacted as well, with a barrage of posts on Twitter slamming Clinton.

Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine took a dig at Trump, accusing him of embracing “Ku Klux Klan” values.

He said, “Ku Klux Klan values, David Duke values, Donald Trump values are not American values, they're not our values. We've got to do all we can to fight to push back and win to say that we're still about heading toward that north star that we set out so long ago.”

Angry Republicans blasted Kaine over the comments and Stephen Miller, Trump's national policy director said, “These repulsive and repugnant lies perpetrated by a desperate Clinton-Kaine campaign are nothing more than flailing attacks from failed politicians unable to defend their abysmal records, and seeking to deny Americans the change they deserve.”

He added, “It's the lies and cynicism of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine versus the hope and optimism of Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence.”

Meanwhile, a meeting held at the White House between the Obama administration and the representatives of the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns swathe discussion of preparations for a “peaceful transition of power” in 2017.

This meeting also served to allay rumours of a possible third term for President Barack Obama that were floating about.

Florida’s Senate primary elections on August 30 see self-funding Republican Carlos Beruff pitched against Sen. Marco Rubio.

However, Beruff has had just one campaign appearance over the last six days and reduced his television advertising spending, while Rubio has given three public campaign speeches totalling just about one hour over three days, with barely a mention of the looming primary race.

A new poll conducted amidst 400 likely Republican voters showed 61 percent of support for Rubio against just 22 percent for Beruff.

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