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30 Security Incidents Regarding Handling Of Hillary Clinton’s Emails ID'd By State Department 30 Security Incidents Regarding Handling Of Hillary Clinton’s Emails ID'd By State Department
30 Security Incidents Regarding Handling Of Hillary Clinton’s Emails ID'd By State Department The State Department says it has identified 30 security incidents regarding the handling of Hillary Clinton’s emails, a report said. In a letter from Assistant State Department Secretary Mary Elizabeth Taylor to Sen. Chuck Grassley, Taylor said 23 “violations” and seven “infractions” have been cited as part of their investigation into Clinton’s emails, according to Fox News in this report. “To this point, the Department has assessed culpability to 15 individuals, some of whom were culpable in multiple security incidents,” Taylor, the assistant secretary in the State Department’s Bureau of L…

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Ocasio-Cortez Slams Trump Administration For Overriding Dozens Of Security Clearance Denials Ocasio-Cortez Slams Trump Administration For Overriding Dozens Of Security Clearance Denials
Ocasio-Cortez Slams Trump Administration For Overriding Dozens Of Security Clearance Denials Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took President Donald Trump’s administration to task over the overrides of dozens of security clearance denials. The 2007 Yorktown High School graduate expressed her outrage at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday, April 2, calling for subpoenas for White House staffers because the administration is not cooperating with lawmakers. A White House whistleblower stated that no less than two dozen members of Trump’s administration were initially denied security clearance, but have since seen that decision overturned. The reported override…

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by Zak Failla
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Ocasio-Cortez 'Won' Michael Cohen Hearing, American Constitution Society President Says Ocasio-Cortez 'Won' Michael Cohen Hearing, American Constitution Society President Says
Ocasio-Cortez 'Won' Michael Cohen Hearing, American Constitution Society President Says Some may say there were no winners when President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen testified in an open hearing by the House Oversight Committee this week, the president of the American Constitution Society said that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shined. In a New York Times op-ed dubbed “How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won the Cohen Hearing,” Caroline Frederickson argued that while others failed to ask hard-hitting questions of Cohen, who was disbarred in New York a day before the hearing. Frederickson praised Ocasio-Cortez’s line of questioning, in which she de…

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Hillary Clinton 'Lock Her Up' Chant Doesn't Fit For Me, Ivanka Trump Says Amid Email Problems Hillary Clinton 'Lock Her Up' Chant Doesn't Fit For Me, Ivanka Trump Says Amid Email Problems
Hillary Clinton 'Lock Her Up' Chant Doesn't Fit For Me, Ivanka Trump Says Amid Email Problems Ivanka Trump is defending her use of a private email account when she was moving into an adviser's position in her father's administration. Trump's elder daughter says it can't be compared to the election year uproar over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server and that "Lock her up!" doesn't apply to her. "All of my emails are stored and preserved. There were no deletions," Ivanka Trump told ABC News in an interview broadcast on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The Washington Post reported earlier this month that Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails about government busin…

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