A conservative group will interview the first of six former aides to Hillary Clinton Wednesday as it pushes a federal judge to allow it to question the former secretary of state herself.
Judicial Watch, which has sued the State Department over its slow response to Freedom of Information Act requests, published a deposition schedule Tuesday that included upcoming meetings with Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin and Jake Sullivan, three of Clinton’s closest staffers at the State Department.
The nonprofit will also question Bryan Pagliano, the Clinton aide who set up a private server in Clinton’s home. Pagliano has reportedly received an immunity deal from the FBI, which is investigating Clinton’s use of a personal server to handle classified information.
A federal judge granted Judicial Watch’s request to interview Clinton aides after determining the State Department did not make a sufficient effort to provide documents requested through FOIA. The agency has repeatedly come under fire for its slow and incomplete responses to records requests.
Lewis Lukens, a former State Department official who sent emails about the “clintonemail.com” network, is slated to submit to questioning Wednesday.
Mills, Clinton’s former chief of staff, is scheduled for a deposition May 27, and Abedin, Clinton’s former deputy chief of staff and current member of her campaign team, is set for an interview on June 28.
A spokesman for Judicial Watch said the depositions could last up to seven hours.
