Federal judge says State Department can't delay Clinton email release into 2016

A federal judge said no to the State Department's plan to release Hillary Clinton's work-related emails to the public in January 2016. That's the date by which State said it could have reviewed all of the emails, but U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras said that instead, there should be a "rolling production" of the emails.

At a brief hearing on a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Vice News, Contreras did not set a specific date by which State must begin releasing the emails.

However, the judge gave the government one week to provide a schedule for the periodic release of records, Vice News lawyer Jeffrey Light said after the session.

Contreras also gave State one week to say exactly when it plans to release a portion of the records relating to the deadly attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, as well as other Libya related issues. State officials have previously pledged to release those emails “soon,” but have never offered a specific date.

Look for House Benghazi Czar Trey Gowdy to come up with new demands about 10 minutes after each step of this process.