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Blatant Politics: State Dept Will Not Release Clinton Emails Until Election is Over

<p>After previously announcing it would produce the emails in April&comma; the US Department of State &lpar;DOS&rpar; has abruptly suspended the release of Hillary Clinton&rsquo&semi;s correspondence regarding the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership &lpar;TPP&rpar; until after the election&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The State Department&rsquo&semi;s decision&comma; which shows blatant support for a presidential candidate&comma; comes in response to an open records request filed by <em>International Business Times<&sol;em> in July 2015&period;&nbsp&semi;After estimating the request would be completed by April 2016&comma; the State Department has since delayed completion of the request until November 31st &ndash&semi; weeks after the general election &lpar;not to mention November has only 30 days&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trade has become a big issue in the 2016 presidential campaign&comma; but &&num;8220&semi;correspondence from Hillary Clinton and her top State Department aides about a controversial 12-nation trade deal will not be available for public review &ndash&semi; at least not until after the election&comma;&rdquo&semi; reports <em>Investor&rsquo&semi;s Business Daily&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hillary&rsquo&semi;s shifting positions on the trade deal have been a source of controversy throughout her presidential campaign&period; IBT&rsquo&semi;s request for the documents was &ldquo&semi;designed to provide a comprehensive view of how involved Clinton and her top aides were in shaping the trade agreement&comma; and whether her agency had a hand in crafting any particular provisions in the pact&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the Obama Administration has also filed a court motion in the attempt to defeat a lawsuit aimed at forcing the government to speed up its response to open records requests for Clinton&rsquo&semi;s documents&period;&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;The Obama Administration has failed to comply with records requests in a timely manner as required by law&comma;&rdquo&semi; argued Reince Priebus in March&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In response&comma; the State Department complained about the massive number of FOIA requests it was receiving and stated that it would take 75 years to process all 450&comma;000 pages of email correspondence between Clinton and her top aides&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With victories in New Jersey&comma; New Mexico&comma; South Dakota&comma; and California&comma; Hillary has&nbsp&semi;finally accumulated the number of&nbsp&semi;delegates needed to win the Democratic presidential nomination&period; If the former Secretary of State was involved in wrongdoing&comma; the American people have a right to know before they cast their votes in November&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> &nbsp&semi;Is thais acceptable now&quest; The IRS scandal where conservative organizations were being disapproved as non-profits&comma; was also blatant partisanship&period; Such blatant partisanship from the Obama administration as has never been seen before&period; &nbsp&semi;No other president would have gotten away with this&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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