(Washington, DC) — Judicial Watch today announced a court hearing will be held Wednesday, May 3, 2017, regarding Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records relating to the meeting held between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in June 2016 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:17-cv-00421)).

The court hearing is scheduled for:

Date:               Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Location:        Courtroom 21

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

333 Constitution Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001

The lawsuit was filed after the Justice Department failed to respond substantively to a June, 2016 Judicial Watch FOIA request seeking:

Lynch met privately with former President Bill Clinton on board a parked plane in Phoenix. The meeting occurred during the then-ongoing investigation of Mrs. Clinton’s email server, and only a few days before she was interview by the FBI.  Lynch later admitted that the meeting with Bill Clinton “cast a cloud” over the Justice Department/FBI investigation.  A week after the tarmac meeting, FBI Director James Comey called Hillary Clinton’s actions “extremely careless” but did not recommend charges and Attorney General Lynch ended the criminal investigation.

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