A new batch of Hillary Clinton’s emails released on Friday presented a glimpse into the breadth of her personal network – a who’s who of powerful celebrities, CEOs, political advisers and politicians whom she is now tapping for her presidential campaign. On the night of the attack, Hillary sent an email to Diane Reynolds, the false name Chelsea used on the secret ClintonEmail.com server saying, “two of our officers were killed in Benghazi by an al-Qaeda like group”.
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Lemon responded, “If you’re yelling at me, why would I listen to you?” “Yes, it’s true – I’m from a state that is overwhelmingly white”, he said.
On Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry said that USA officials had been discussing deploying Special Forces troops in Syria “for months”.
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton called on Friday for a series of criminal justice reforms that include a ban on racial profiling by law enforcement and elimination of sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine offenses. “We have to come together as a nation”, she added.
Clinton sat silently through a ceremony for the families of “The Emanuel 9”, then during her later remarks praised them for their “grace and resilience”.
Banning the box would help job applicants with a criminal record get through further stages of the job application process, Clinton argued at the campaign’s first “African Americans for Hillary” event. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is also investigating the security of Clinton’s private email setup. The emails also included a few issues about emojis. Another email contains a link to an article and asks aide Huma Abedin what her New York Times password is. She later advised, “Pls regret but w special attention!” The White House said Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton, a Democratic presidential candidate, exchanged e-mails “on occasion”. Chairman Trey Gowdy, for example, made much of the fact that Blumenthal, in one email, referred to former defense secretary Robert Gates as “a mean, vicious little” – and here Gowdy paused for dramatic effect – “I’m not going to say the word, but he did”.
Fox News reported Saturday that an administration official said there was a “small number” of emails between the president and Clinton, which was described as “mostly non-substantive”, because most of their discussions were in person or by phone.
“It goes to the core of the president’s ability to receive unvarnished advice and counsel”, said the official.
The White House is of the opinion that eventually under the federal record laws these emails would have to become public, but to release them now when the Obama is still in office is not legal. But by refusing to release the emails, Obama is following a well-worn precedent that he and his predecessors have established.
Private communications involving the president of the United States are not subject to public disclosure by the Freedom of Information Act.
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Former presidents of both parties have done the same, often insisting that to do otherwise would open the president’s most sensitive deliberations to congressional and public inspection.
