The State Department just found thousands of Clinton-era emails it claimed it didn't have

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It's not like the State Department needed another email fiasco on its hands, what with the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private server to send emails as secretary of state. And yet, another one years in the making may have just arrived.

Gawker published a report chronicling the outlet's request for records from the State Department in 2013. Under a Freedom of Information Act request, Gawker wanted copies of emails exchanged between reporters at 33 news organizations and Philippe Reines, a former Clinton adviser. The department claimed "no records responsive to your request were located," a curious assertion given the fact that such emails have been made public.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.