A federal appeals court on Friday overturned an order that would have made former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her former chief of staff sit for a private deposition about her use of a private email server for government work when she served as the nation’s top diplomat. FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS HILLARY CLINTON DEPOSITION TO ADDRESS PRIVATE EMAILS: 'STILL MORE TO LEARN'The case had arisen from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Judicial Watch to the State Department. Clinton and Mills petitioned the appeals court to prevent the depositions, and it was granted by the court 3-0. The appeals court accused the district court of having abused its discretion, having used suspicions of bad faith by the government to opening the door to what the appeals court described as “far-reaching” depositions. The initial case focused on Benghazi, and expanded with the discovery of Clinton’s private email server in 2015.

Source: Fox News August 14, 2020 17:37 UTC