The head of the Republican National Committee on Wednesday pushed back on the notion that his party is filing a frivolous or redundant lawsuit against the State Department in its effort to obtain the records of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“We filed the original request over six months ago. Under the law, you have to provide for a reasonable amount of time for agencies and governments to comply with open records requests. So after many attempts, and stonewalling from the State Department, our lawsuit becomes ripe after a certain period of time. And now is the time,” RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said on Fox News’ “Happening Now.”