State Department Releases Next Batch of Emails

Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, gestures as she addresses the summer meeting of the Democratic National Committee, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Tonight, the State Department released another batch of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. The department reports that this batch contains roughly 7,000 pages of emails and that what they have released so far constitutes about 25% of emails that Clinton turned over. To date, 188 of the emails have been marked as classified, but a State Department spokesman said that the emails were not marked as classified at the time they were sent or received.

Clinton has said on several occasions that she wants the emails available to the public in the interest of transparency. News organizations release quotes from a few of her emails, but many average Americans have asked how they can access the emails. Since the release of the emails is part of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), all the emails are being posted to the State Department’s FOIA website. To access the emails that have been released so far, follow the steps below:

1. Go to http://foia.state.gov/Search
2. Type “Hillary Clinton” in the Search Terms field
3. You will get results with a mix of emails and other documents
4. Click on the arrow next to the “Posted Date” column header and select “Sort Descending” so that the recently released documents show first
5. Click the title of the document in the “Subject” field to open a PDF copy

As of this posting, the search yields 4,172 emails and documents, and this number is going to continue to grow. The State Department will release batches of Clinton’s emails at the end of each month through the end of 2015.

News Source: Politico

Clintons Attend Hamptons Fundraiser

Clinton attends a private fundraiser in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania in July.

On Sunday evening, Hillary Rodham Clinton attended a private fundraiser at the home of Hilary Leff in East Hampton, New York. Former President Bill Clinton joined his wife for the fundraiser and mingled with guests. During the event, Clinton spoke briefly about her platform and about the current agreement between the United States and Iran, which is currently facing an up-hill battle in Congress. Clinton has supported the agreement and mentioned that she plans to give a speech on September 9 directly addressing the agreement. More details about the upcoming speech will be posted to the Scheduled Events page as they are made available.

As with all private fundraisers, the event was closed to the press and public.

Clinton’s schedule appears to be light this week and her next scheduled event isn’t until next week. If that changes, we will post information. In the meantime, follow Clinton on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

News Source: Politico, Jewish Political News & Updates