August 18, 2016 US held $400M payment to Iran until detainees were released, report says U.S. officials held a cargo plane carrying the equivalent of $400 million in cash for Iran until Tehran released several American detainees, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
August 17, 2016 State Department sought land deal with Nigerian firm tied to Clinton Foundation Shortly after Hillary Clinton left the Obama administration, the State Department quietly took steps to purchase real estate in Nigeria from a firm whose parent company is owned by a major donor to the Clinton Foundation, records obtained by ӣƵ show.
August 16, 2016 State Department to turn over recovered emails from Clinton's private server The State Department has agreed to provide the watchdog group Judicial Watch with all emails sent or received by Hillary Clinton while serving as Secretary of State that were recovered from her private email server during the investigation by the FBI.
August 15, 2016 Russia: In talks with US over partnering to calm crisis in Aleppo, Syria Russia's defense minister said Monday that Moscow and Washington were edging closer to an agreement that would help defuse the crisis in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo -- and the State Department did not deny it.
August 12, 2016 Report claims DOJ probe of Clinton Foundation, emails ongoing A fresh report that federal prosecutors are probing the Clinton Foundation revived speculation Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton may not be past her email problems, but the Justice Department on Friday declined to confirm the account.
August 10, 2016 Emails raise new questions on ties between Clinton Foundation, State Department A new batch of emails released Tuesday is raising fresh questions about whether Clinton Foundation donors got preferential treatment from the State Department during Hillary Clinton's tenure at the top.
August 10, 2016 Judicial Watch releases private emails Clinton did not turn over The State Department has turned over 44 previously-unreleased Hillary Clinton email exchanges that the Democratic presidential nominee failed to include among the 30,000 private messages she turned over to the government last year. They show her interacting with lobbyists, political and Clinton Foundation donors and business interests as secretary of state.
August 5, 2016 Clinton doubles down on disputed claim FBI found her email remarks 'truthful' Hillary Clinton doubled down on her assertion that the FBI declared her public remarks on her email scandal to be “consistent and truthful,” despite independent fact-checkers concluding otherwise.
August 4, 2016 Spokesman erupts in laughter after claiming State Dept. is transparent A top State Department spokesman on Thursday boasted that his department is open and transparent, but could hardly finish the sentence before erupting in laughter.
August 3, 2016 Justice Department officials reportedly objected to timing of Iran cash payment Senior Justice Department officials raised objections to flying the equivalent of $400 million in cash to Iran around the time four detained Americans were released this past January, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.