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State Department to release batches of Clinton emails every 60 days

By Amy R. Connolly
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a press conference at the United Nations Building in New York City on March 10, 2015. A recent scandal related to Clinton's use of private email accounts may violate federal rules requiring officials to keep all their communications for record-keeping purposes. File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a press conference at the United Nations Building in New York City on March 10, 2015. A recent scandal related to Clinton's use of private email accounts may violate federal rules requiring officials to keep all their communications for record-keeping purposes. File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI | License Photo

WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The State Department is proposing to release emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private account "on a rolling basis" every 60 days beginning in June.

The department, which filed a proposal on Tuesday with a federal judge, is under court order to release the information. Last week, U.S. District Judge Rudoph Contreras rejected the department's initial proposal that many of the 55,000 pages of emails would be distributed beginning January. The judge ordered a new proposal that allows for batch releases of the records.

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"The Department proposes that it make its next production of non-exempt portions of the emails by posting them on the website on June 30, 2015, and that it make rolling productions in the same way every 60 days thereafter," Justice Department lawyers said in court filing Tuesday night. "The Department will strive to produce as many documents as possible on each production date, and will file a status report one week after each production to inform the Court of the number of pages posted."

The documents are being released as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Jason Leopold of Vice News. The first cache of 850 pages, with correspondence dealing the Clinton's handling of relations in Libya and the 2012 Benghazi attacks, was released Friday.

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Clinton, who is seeking the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, said she wants the emails to be released.

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