<sod>A federal judge ruled on February 23, 2016 that top aides to Hillary Clinton could be questioned under oath by Judicial Watch about her use of a private email server as secretary of state. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan granted Judicial Watch’s motion for discovery into whether the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deliberately thwarted the Freedom of Information Act by using a private email server to obscure her communications from public records requests.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aides’ email-server testimony could throw Clinton campaign a curveball |publisher=The Washington Post |author=Rosalind S. Helderman |date=February 23, 2016 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/aides-email-server-testimony-could-throw-clinton-campaign-a-curveball/2016/02/23/fdd8bbd2-da51-11e5-81ae-7491b9b9e7df_story.html?postshare=8521456328747827&tid=ss_tw }}</ref> In his order, Sullivan demanded that Judicial Watch propose a “narrowly tailored” plan to obtain the information and specified a deadline of March 15, 2016 to file it. Among the people Judicial Watch would be seeking to depose are several State Department employees, including under secretary for management Patrick F. Kennedy, director of IPS John F. Hackett, and executive secretary Joseph E. Macmanus, and former State Department aides such as Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills; and Bryan Pagliano.<ref>{{cite news|title=Additional Info Ordered To Be Turned Over In Clinton Email Lawsuit — But Not Before Mid-Spring |publisher=Buzzfeed |author=Chris Geidner |date=February 23, 2016 |url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/additional-info-ordered-to-be-turned-over-in-clinton-email-l#.cxPW04axP }}</ref> According to The Hill newspaper, "Judicial Watch’s multiple legal attacks have yielded tangible results..."<ref>{{cite news|title=Clinton antagonist: We’ll get all the emails |publisher=The Hill |author=Julian Hattem |date=February 26, 2016 |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/270829-clinton-antagonist-well-get-all-the-emails }}</ref><eod>
<sod>A federal judge ruled on February 23, 2016 that top aides to Hillary Clinton could be questioned under oath by Judicial Watch about her use of a private email server as secretary of state. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan granted Judicial Watch’s motion for discovery into whether the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deliberately thwarted the Freedom of Information Act by using a private email server to obscure her communications from public records requests.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aides’ email-server testimony could throw Clinton campaign a curveball |publisher=The Washington Post |author=Rosalind S. Helderman |date=February 23, 2016 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/aides-email-server-testimony-could-throw-clinton-campaign-a-curveball/2016/02/23/fdd8bbd2-da51-11e5-81ae-7491b9b9e7df_story.html?postshare=8521456328747827&tid=ss_tw }}</ref> In his order, Sullivan demanded that Judicial Watch propose a “narrowly tailored” plan to obtain the information and specified a deadline of March 15, 2016 to file it. Among the people Judicial Watch would be seeking to depose are several State Department employees, including under secretary for management Patrick F. Kennedy, director of IPS John F. Hackett, and executive secretary Joseph E. Macmanus, and former State Department aides such as Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills; and Bryan Pagliano.<ref>{{cite news|title=Additional Info Ordered To Be Turned Over In Clinton Email Lawsuit — But Not Before Mid-Spring |publisher=Buzzfeed |author=Chris Geidner |date=February 23, 2016 |url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/additional-info-ordered-to-be-turned-over-in-clinton-email-l#.cxPW04axP }}</ref><eod>