News reports today reveal that Sidney Blumenthal, Hillary Clinton’s crony barred from the State Department but worming his way into State via more than two dozen memos, has turned over previously undiscovered emails. As the New York Times notes, this raises “new questions about whether the State Department and Mrs. Clinton have complied with a series of requests from the [Benghazi panel].” Perhaps she put them in the “personal” category before destroying them and wiping her server.

Reacting angrily, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a written statement said, “New revelations that the Obama State Department or former Secretary Hillary Clinton withheld emails related to Benghazi and Libya from the Select Committee are outrageous.” He continued, “First she set up a private server to avoid transparency and records law, then she wiped it clean while its contents were under subpoena – and apparently failed to ensure congressional investigators were provided with everything they are entitled to. What in the world is she trying to hide?”

What is not clear is whether she knowingly withheld the documents or whether she was, let’s say, generous in her categorization of some emails as “personal,” and thereby destroyed information that had been requested. Politico notes that she may have been too cute by half:

[A] congressional source did not know whether Clinton had turned over all the new emails to State and State did not provide them, or whether Clinton failed to hand over the correspondence. . . .At the crux of the back-and-forth is whether the committee specifically asked State for all Clinton’s Libya emails or only Benghazi-related correspondence. State says the panel initially asked for Benghazi-only material and only recently expanded that request to include all correspondence on the Middle Eastern nation. The congressional source argued that the initial request for information from Clinton was aimed at all Libya correspondence — and that State was being evasive.

(Read more from “More Clinton Deceit Comes to Light” HERE)

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Hillary Clinton’s “don’t-call-it-a-relaunch” presidential campaign launch wasn’t as well-attended as she would have liked– and nowhere near what a Democratic Party would expect if it wants to hold onto the White House next year.

Organizers were so optimistic that they designated an “overflow” area to handle progressive partisans who were sure to crowd New York’s Roosevelt Island to get a glimpse of the former secretary of state according to multiple media outlets.

Instead, a photo tweeted by CNN’s Dan Merica showed a dismally empty overflow area: . . .

Clinton's campaign set aside this area for overflow w jumbotron. Here it is 20 min to speech: pic.twitter.com/MUUhZJFiD0

— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) June 13, 2015

It’s a sad showing, especially when you compare the turnout to the crowd U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ announcement speech attracted. Even though mainstream media pundits would have you believe the Independent from Vermont has exactly zero chance of winning, he was able to turn out a crowd estimated at 5,000 when he announced his run for the presidency in Burlington, according to this tweet:

@Wej12 @BPDVT @edunphy18 @M_Dunph

— Sara Dunphy (@Dunph5) May 26, 2015

Sanders has actually been turning some heads for his ability to draw unexpectedly large crowds. The Washington Post reported that nearly 2,000 supporters packed a Minneapolis gym for in late May to hear the senator speak – about as many who showed up for Clinton on Roosevelt Island. (Read more from “Hillary’s EPIC FAIL: Where Were the Adoring Throngs for Her Campaign’s New Launch?” HERE)

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By Jim Hoft. The Obama-Hillary State Department was accused of covering up the illicit sexual escapades of US Consul General Donald Moore in Italy . . .

Now this…

A new report from a State Department whistle blower suggests that key sections from an inspector general’s report were removed to protect Hillary Clinton politically before she stepped down as Secretary of State in late 2012.

Similar accusations made headlines in 2013. (Read more from “Hillary Clinton State Dept Accused of Covering up Investigations on Sex Crimes” HERE)

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As the Democratic Field Grows, Hillary Clinton Campaign Urges Focus on the Primary

By Dan Merica. Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager had one message for her top supporters ahead of her kick off next week: We now have three opponents, so keep your focus on the primary.

In a memo obtained by CNN from a recipient, Robby Mook, the campaign’s manager, told supporters that while they now have “more than 11,000 active volunteers in all 50 states,” the Democratic side is not going to be a cakewalk.

“The field is competitive,” writes Mook in a memo titled, “The Next Phase of the Campaign.” “In the last two weeks alone, we have seen three new candidates enter the Democratic primary. And polls show that our party wants that competitive primary.”

Mook adds that “Becoming the Democratic nominee is never easy. Nor should it be.”

“Voters and caucus-goers want to know their candidate is tested and ready to represent their values and priorities in the general election,” Mook writes in the memo that was sent Tuesday afternoon. “While we know all that Hillary has done in her life to stand up for our families and our country, we also know that she’ll have to work hard to earn every vote and every delegate.” (Read more from this story HERE)

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