A federal judge ruled Thursday that footage of interviews with a handful of Hillary Clinton’s top aides cannot be released to the public in a court case over the former secretary’s private emails.
In response to a request from Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s former chief of staff, that the video of her upcoming deposition be kept secret, Judge Emmet Sullivan of U.S. District Court ruled video of her scheduled deposition should not be published, according to court documents.
Mills is set to answer questions under oath Friday from Judicial Watch, a conservative nonprofit presently engaged in discovery for a high-profile Freedom of Information Act case.
Mills asked the court to prevent the release of the deposition tape for fear that clips of it could be used for partisan purposes. A transcript of the interview will be made public.
Judicial Watch will ask Mills about the reasoning behind Clinton’s private server.
The ruling came the same day Clinton fended off criticism for her and her team’s refusal to cooperate with an inspector general review of her record-keeping practices.
