State Dept. fights against its own deadline in Clinton email case

By Sarah Bedford
Published September 11, 2015 7:07pm ET
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State Dept. fights against its own deadline in Clinton email case
The State Department has cited the enormous burden Clinton's private emails have placed on agency resources in a number of FOIA lawsuits in which officials have attempted to push back on court-ordered deadlines. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) | Morry Gash

State Department officials are attempting to push back a deadline they set for themselves in May for the release of records related to Hillary Clinton and two of her top aides.

In a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Citizens United, the State Department had pledged to produce by Sept. 13 all documents relevant to the conservative watchdog group’s four requests, which involved Clinton, Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin.

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