WASHINGTON: A federal judge has ruled that Democrat Hillary Clinton must respond in writing in a lawsuit over her use of a private e-mail server while she was secretary of state.
In a two-page ruling issued on Friday, Judge Emmet Sullivan declined to order Clinton to testify in person in a case brought by the conservative group Judicial Watch. The Democratic presidential candidate has 30 days to respond to Judicial Watch’s questions over her use of an unauthorised server while she was the top US diplomat, the ruling reads.
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said ** charges would be brought against Clinton for using the private email server.
FBI Director James Comey however said that while there was ** evidence that Clinton and her aides intended to violate secrecy laws, "there is information that they were careless in their handling of sensitive, classified information."