The White House won't release Hillary Clinton's emails with Obama

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The White House will not release emails exchanged between President Obama and Hillary Clinton from her time as secretary of state, Reuters reports his administration said Friday.The emails between Obama and Clinton, reportedly fewer than two dozen, will reportedly be released after the president leaves office, in accordance with the Presidential Records Act.

The State Department has been releasing the Democratic presidential frontrunner's emails in monthly batches under a court order amid public scrutiny over her use of a private email server while in office.

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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.