Thanks to Hillary Clinton's decision-making, we won't stop hearing about her emails anytime soon. While it is doubtful that her competitor, Senator Bernie Sanders will bring it up in the next schedule Democratic debate, the emails scandal continues to be a huge problem for her campaign.
According to press reports, a second federal judge has taken a rare step in allowing a group suing for State Department records to seek sworn testimony from officials, saying there was "evidence of government wrong-doing and bad faith."
Judge Royce Lamberth's order described Clinton's email arrangement as "extraordinary" and undercuts her assertion that she was allowed to set up a private email server in her private residence that other State Department officials were unaware of until it was brought out in the Benghazi Congressional hearings.
Referring to the State Department, Clinton and Clinton's aides, Lamberth said there had been "constantly shifting admissions by the Government and the former government officials." and "Where there is evidence of government wrong-doing and bad faith, as here, limited discovery is appropriate, even though it is exceedingly rare in FOIA cases,".
It is important to remember that aside from the civil lawsuits, Clinton is not just being investigated for mishandling official government emails but she is also being investigated over whether she provided favorable treatment to foreign governments and corporate entities doing business through the state department in exchange for large multi-million dollar donations to the Clinton Foundation run by her husband Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea.
Even if Clinton is indicted, critics are doubtful she will spend any time in the private prisons that provided her with plenty of campaign cash during her last two runs for president.